When all airplanes were grounded for a few days after the attack, manufacturers scrambled to move products by truck, but some shipments decayed nonetheless.

But as the best sellers lost their commercial appeal, manufacturers scrambled to find new hits and failed, generating enormous losses and even some bankruptcies.

During earlier postwar cutbacks, for example, weapons exports rose as manufacturers scrambled for customers.

Competing manufacturers would scramble to reduce costs, he said, and "people would start to cut corners.

With all this, manufacturers are scrambling to fill orders for a variety of acoustic instruments.

But as the date nears, manufacturers in the United States and other textile-producing countries have been scrambling to protect their industries.

All the major manufacturers are scrambling to export more to make up for the South American slump.

To address the nation's health concerns, manufacturers are scrambling to reformulate foods that taste good but are lower in fat, salt, cholesterol, and sugar.

"Some manufacturers will be scrambling to get in on the deal," he said.

We were then emerging from a long spell of confused gasoline supply, and the manufacturers were scrambling to create fuel-sipping vehicles.