For about the first six weeks of the year, officials concede, the host committee was virtually paralyzed.

As a result, many boards are virtually paralyzed by uncertainty about just what their role should be.

But even if they get a crop by late fall, the packing industry is virtually paralyzed.

The wrangling over drugs virtually paralyzed the Senate most of today.

Eastern has been virtually paralyzed since the unions struck March 4.

A second blast of noise virtually paralyzed them in the corridor.

In some offices, officials described staff members as virtually paralyzed over the question of whether they would have jobs in September.

And they can be so intense they virtually paralyze you.

Denmark's rejection of the treaty in a referendum last June virtually paralyzed the community for a year.

Washington sits virtually paralyzed as the world is stunned daily by events in East Europe.