In August, the two fought a pitched battle for this port on the Congo river.
The "pitched battle" must have been a "frightening spectacle", he said, which required a "firm deterrent message".
The deal, between the big cigarette companies and anti-tobacco lawyers, proposed to end America's 40-year pitched battle over smoking.
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.
Joel Titus, 19, took part in the "pitched battle" between supporters of Brentford and Leyton Orient outside Liverpool Street station in May 2010.
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.
Over the next couple of decades, much of the advantage will swing to the better-burger upstarts, setting up an increasingly pitched battle for the shrinking value-burger audience.
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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.
While the re-opening of the Gotthard tunnel may be viewed with equanimity now, the scene looks set for pitched battle over its future, as people prepare to vote next year.
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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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.
Just try pointing out that a relationship with a creature that cannot challenge you, that does not make you slog daily through the necessary compromise, debate, and occasional pitched battle, might be something less than deep and nuanced, and see where it gets you.
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.
When at last he got round to reforming structures, each battle with his own backbenchers was pitched and each victory partial.
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