1.   Both sides are waging public relations campaigns.

2.   Both sides have waged fiery campaigns.

3.   Both sides are waging campaigns playing to their strengths.

4.   Both sides waged vigorous campaigns in Iowa.

5.   Both sides are waging intense lobbying campaigns.

6.   Both sides are waging intensive lobbying campaigns for the uncommitted votes, particularly among Democrats.

7.   Each side has waged an intense lobbying campaign through newspaper ads, letters and news releases, bombarding shareholders big and small, leaving little to chance.

8.   For several years the sides have waged war in the courts, and last week the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would consider the question.

9.   In advance of the talks, both sides on Thursday waged a pitched debate accusing the other of endangering any chance for a peaceful settlement.

10.   While both sides have been waging a bitter war of words over for the past two months, the ideological divisions between them are slight.