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McPherson grappled with the complexities and contradictions that plague us as black and white Americans in a way that no other writer I know of has done.
Finally, though, Zeus overcame his cowardice and grappled with the monster.
West has really grappled with the great plays and found in the lack of a central consciousness (the protagonists are not mouthpieces for the playwright) and refusal to demonize even the most destructive-seeming characters a hallmark of Christian forgiveness.
Freud grappled with this very dilemma in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
On May 24 alone, counterterrorism officials grappled with reports alleging plots in Yemen and Italy, as well as a report about a cell in Canada that an anonymous caller had claimed might be planning an attack against the United States.