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During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going.

Defensive battles get real physical. You can't get going offensively when you're concentrating on defense, but these defensive battles can get fun too.

Compared to three years ago, I believe that this conference has come a long way in developing some good players. It was neat watching these younger kids battle each other and a lot of them play on the same teams in the summer.

Coach Battle was more to himself, not quite as vocal, very methodical and businesslike. Coach Majors was real vocal, with a lot of energy.

Coach Battle was a good coach. I think he may have ended up being a great coach if he hadn't been so young when he was hired.

Matt Schaub

Coming into those situations and getting on the field in the heat of battle and having to make plays will definitely help. Whether it be the short term or long term, being in those environments will help me.

Pierre Corneille

And the battle ended through lack of combatants.

Cassandra Wilson

Are we going to rebuild the Ninth Ward? ... That's the question in the new battle for New Orleans, which is just beginning to take shape.

Again, we played the top team in the league to a very close game. I'm very proud of this team. They never give up and they battle to the end.

Heinrich Heine

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle

Dick Cheney

a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie.

The old story in antitrust cases is that the government wins the battle and loses the war. The question is: What do you get in relief?

After 90 minutes there were puddles of water all over the pitch. It was a real battle but nonetheless full of entertainment with every player giving their all.

After I threw my bullpen two days after that start, my leg was great. So there were no worries about that. My location just wasn't there at all today, for whatever reason. I'm doing the best I can to see if I can fight through it. After the first inning, I was hoping to just battle and give us five or six innings.

The most important thing for us is to realize that last season is over and this one is completely different. And that if we don't run or battle until the end we won't win anything,

David O. McKay

The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

Jonathan Ogden

Strength is important. But the No. 1 thing is knowing your opponent. If you know your opponent and what they like to do, and you try to take that away from them, force them to another move, then that's half the battle right there.

Keith Richard

Southern Illinois is in the same boat a little bit. When you play defensive battles such as this, every point is at a premium, the game could go either way. I'm not so much happy that we won here, but that we won.

So this has been a battle of ideas, ... This has been a battle of institutions. We recognize that there are certain fundamental things that you have to do collectively through government. But it is through the free market that the ingenuity of individual creators and enterprises flourishes.

Anson Carter

Special teams was huge for us. We worked on the power play a little bit this morning because we realized that was going to be a big focal point in the game, and the special teams battle ended up being what tipped the scales for us tonight.

James Stewart

I wanted that race to go down to the final lap. It was such a good battle that it's a shame that it ended the way it did. I saw a lapped rider down in the turn and just lost concentration for a split second. That corner was slick and I washed out my front wheel and I was on the ground before I knew it. It's a tough series and things like that are going to happen. Fortunately I didn't lose too much ground in the points and I'll go to San Francisco hoping to come back strong.

I wanted to come up with something for Indy because this is the biggest race of the year and we've just been working, working, working and now we're peaking at the right time. We've got a heck of a points battle going and you've got Indy and I'm not sure which one is more important.

Texas has always had committee chairs -- strong and powerful committee chairs -- and to go to a position where you have none or very few, could well mean in the battle for earmarks, Texas has a harder fight at it.

Teams travel. In the end, it all comes down to how you play on the court. I don't think we can say anything about indoors or outdoors, traveling or not traveling. In the end, one team loses to another, and it's a battle on the court more than anything. The biggest thing for us right now is to put this behind us and look to future matches in a very positive way.

Telcos and network service providers, ASPs and ISPs, have all been growing as important players in the distribution of software functionality. With Windows 2000, Microsoft clearly thinks it has a much better horse to ride into battle to get these folks as customers. They will emphasize the new ASP channel as one they are especially targeting in that regard. They need a platform that actually runs 24 hours a day, and on bigger hardware configurations.

Troy Glaus

Teddy pitched great. He started off a little but slow, but he found his comfort zone and pitched 7 2/3 good strong innings for us, kept us in there, gave us a chance to battle back.

(Tennessee) is a well-coached and very disciplined team. It will be a tough battle for us.

Tennessee is a great team. They are having a special season. The key is it will be a battle of possessions. We have to make sure we don't turn it over too much and that we rebound. We have to go there like we're on a mission.

Simon Gagne

Sometimes the energy drops after that. A lot of teams are tired now, a lot of games in a short period of time, and we just need to battle and fight through it.

Sometimes he's doesn't have his best stuff but he continuously battles and finds ways to get outs.

Roma is a very technical center-mid who reads the game well. She is coming back from an injury but is someone we feel will battle back and contribute right away. Romo has good vision and a fantastic work rate, and she will give us more depth in the midfield.

Right now we're in a battle. Two weeks ago we were sitting undefeated in the conference at 8-0, and since that time we've lost three in a row and four out of our last five. Right now we're sitting in a battle for second place at 9-4. Every game from now on is a playoff game ? we need to battle for position.

Milan Hejduk

Pretty much in all of March we are on the road. (Tuesday's) two points are really important for us. And now every game is really important. It's a battle for a playoff spot. Every two points are huge. The race is tight and it's going to go down to the wire.