In August, the two fought a pitched battle for this port on the Congo river.
Thirteen years ago this week, a pitched battle erupted in Mogadishu that led to the deaths of 18 American servicemen.
He was never defeated in a pitched battle, and in siege or guerrilla operations he suffered only relatively slight reverses at worst.
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The events take place some years later, and center around a pitched battle for a hill in the northern valley of Osrung.
So, if Patrick wins, not only will other port operators in Australia demand greater productivity from their workers, but they may also get it without a pitched battle.
The Service Employees International Union is fighting a pitched battle in California, for example, over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to cut services and wages of some 300, 000 home-health workers.
Several government agencies, including the FTC, lost a pitched battle last year to have the companies voluntarily end all advertising to children unless the food being promoted was healthy fare such as whole grains, fresh fruits or vegetables.
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Pfizer can be expected to engage in a pitched marketing battle against any competition, perhaps arguing that lowering bad cholesterol with statins has extra, hard-to-measure benefits that doing so with Zetia does not.
This pitched battle is clearly a precursor to the 2012 elections, but it is also the latest shot across the bow of union purists who are relentless in waging a war against government and business for the benefit of their members.
The "pitched battle" must have been a "frightening spectacle", he said, which required a "firm deterrent message".
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