| 1 | He made a sure step out of the mud. | |
| 2 | The United States is bogged down with debt and deficits, and is in desperate need of a growth strategy. | |
| 3 | Investigations into such cases have thrown light on the tangled morass of the Chinese regulatory system. | |
| 4 | But analysts say there is an argument for dealing with Portugal sooner rather than later to avoid Spain getting dragged in to the mire. | |
| 5 | It was only by rolling in the mud of primitive practices that modern man could remove the stain of sinful science and materialism. |