Nixon was too bogged down in Vietnam to do more than issue threats.

And, with America bogged down in Iraq, Russian President Vladimir Putin has resurrected Soviet style bullying tactics.

The talks bogged down over agriculture, where subsidies and trade restrictions remain so much higher than in manufacturing.

People are simply frustrated because the crisis has bogged down and because they are suffering on account of this.

Bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan, America is in no mood to open a third front against the Islamic world.

With America bogged down in Iraq and oil prices hitting record highs, regime hardliners see little reason to compromise these days.

Shouldn t they and others be celebrating this major success instead of becoming bogged down in defeatist talk of crisis and stalemate?

Wen, who had been bogged down by the bureaucracy, had been seeking to counter it by expanding the media s openness and transparency.

Even the constitutional treaty, which should have been a clarion call for all Europeans, was allowed to become bogged down in minutia.

Even in the best case scenario, in which the euro remains intact, Europe will be bogged down with the demanding task of rebuilding its frayed union.

The one option that should not be on the table is US ground troops no one wants to see US forces bogged down in another war, especially in another Muslim country.

Indeed, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned of the end of the Jewish state if the country remains bogged down in the occupied territories and a Palestinian state is not established.

Moreover, high oil prices have filled the national treasury, and Iran is benefiting from the opportunity created by America s being bogged down in Iraq and the growing international weight of Russia and China.

And now, as the administration shifts to a more central focus on restoring growth and employment, it risks getting bogged down as declining economic performance relative to expectations translates into waning political support.

Instead of remaining bogged down in Afghanistan and seeking to cajole and bribe the Pakistani military into ending their support for Islamic militants, the US would become free to pursue a broader, more balanced counterterrorism strategy.

Not only has Bush destroyed Iran s most formidable enemy and bogged down US troops in a hopeless cause he also has enriched energy abundant Iran and Russia by pursuing a war that has dramatically raised energy prices.

But there is a need still for a certain amount of monarchy, a certain amount of sometimes we have to make a decision, and we don't want to get bogged down too heavily in formal decision making processes.

Such initiatives should not become bogged down in tortuous negotiations, but should focus on implementing the basic principles for a two state solution, along the lines proposed by the Clinton administration before it left office eight years ago.

A quarter century later, President George H.W. Bush, considering how best to roll back Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, drew an analogy with Vietnam, where the absence of an exit strategy had caused US forces to get bogged down.

And yet, at its 60th anniversary, Israel stands at a crossroads. Indeed, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned of the end of the Jewish state if the country remains bogged down in the occupied territories and a Palestinian state is not established.

As governments across the West have become increasingly bogged down trying to fix a broken economy, China has been formulating a whole series of new, well considered policies and forging ahead with bold decision making to tackle one daunting problem after another.

The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan requires a more robust military response, but with the American army bogged down in Iraq and the Western allies reluctant to send additional troops, the country s dismemberment by local warlords is not a far fetched scenario.

In 1985 during the height of the Cold War, when negotiations were bogged down at the US Soviet Union Geneva Summit, the negotiators were instructed by their leaders annoyed by lack of progress, we do not want your explanations why this can t be done.

All of these nations do not lack education qualifications as they are inheritors of the Soviet Union s social education system, which means that poor economic policies are the culprit for more than 40 of the labour force being bogged down in the agricultural sector instead of being potentially funneled into secondary or tertiary economic activity.

But we know for sure that what we want to do today is take one child at a time, not get bogged with numbers, and actually see the child complete the circle of life, and unleash his total potential.

Gradually, bringing it down, bringing it down.

Mornings begin with physical exercises while chanting Down down Mubarak! .

Down goes the economy and down goes the Labour government s standing.

Gaza chanted yesterday, Down with military rule, down with the occupation

That We pour down the water , pouring ( it ) down in abundance ,

That We pour down the water , pouring ( it ) down in abundance ,

Down arrow

Calm down.

Come down.

See, Uganda coming down, Zimbabwe coming down, Russia went to one percent.

Surely We have sent down the Koran on thee , a sending down

When it is said unto them Bow down , they bow not down !

When they are bidden to bow down , they do not bow down .

Surely We have sent down the Koran on thee , a sending down

When it is said unto them Bow down , they bow not down !

When they are bidden to bow down , they do not bow down .

Cut down that dead tree, or it will fall down on your house.

Do you send it down from the clouds , or We send it down ?

Send it down ye from the raincloud , or are We the Sender down ?

And when it is said Unto them ' bow down , they bow not down .