Can I reposition windows without using mouse?

I'm using a third-party application which, when opening a new window, insists on putting the title bar at the top of the window underneath the menu bar at the top of the screen. This occudes the title bar and makes it impossible to click on it to move the window elsewhere on the screen. I also can't minimize or maximize the window because those buttons are also on the title bar.
Is there a method in OS X that will let me select a window and reposition it on the screen without using the mouse to click-and-drag? (Perhaps using the arrow keys somehow?) Or alternatively, is there a way to automatically reposition all the open windows so that the title bar would become visible (like the tile function I remember from some past Mac version of Word)?
FYI: I've tried Exposé, but that only brings up a "ghost image" of the window. When I click on it, it immediately heads back to its "occluded" position. I've also tried resizing and rotating the screen in System Preferences. That doesn't work either.
Thanks for any help you can provide. This is driving me crazy!

What about enabling Spaces and assigning the window to a different Space - does that have an effect on how the application is positioned?
What about pressing cmdshift/ to open the help menu. Then type in "Zoom" (assuming that command exists within the application's menus) and press enter. This should have the same effect as pressing the green plus sign in the application top left corner.
Note that the menus of your application may have several zoom functions. For instance Firefox 3 has Zoom In and Zoom Out under the View menu (for zooming the webpage) and Zoom (the green plus function) for maximising the application window. This means I have to use arrow keys to find the right one in the help menu. However, unless your application is too far "up" or beyond the top of the screen, you should see the menus when you use the arrow keys - a floating blue arrow appears next to the command.
I found a commercial application that allows moving windows with the keyboard, MercuryMover:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26411/mercurymover
(see also here http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428064742892)
I haven't tried it myself but perhaps it will help.
/p
Message was edited by: pullman

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