A young aide tried to assist him as he jumped down into the waiting steam launch.

An aide seated near him did not try to hide a yawn or two.

An aide tried to flag down a cab, but in vain.

Today he and his aides were trying to understand why.

At one point, the aide said, Nicely tried to leave and had to be restrained.

"Tell her yourself," The aide frowned and tried to blow me off.

Mr. Bush and his aides have tried to distance him from the dispute.

By now the mayor's aides were trying to rush him toward the charter back home.

Her aides cast their eyes down and tried to look busy.

When aides tried to get him onto a cot, he fought them.