81.   Realizing they are in a fight to make the playoffs, the Sonics are counting on solid play from Vin Baker as well a renewed defensive stance.

82.   Rep. Dennis Kucinich takes his area code fight to the floor of the House of Representatives.

83.   Refugees crossing the border in recent days reported that foreign Taliban soldiers had seized control of Kunduz and were preparing for a fight to the death.

84.   Q. If Bob Dornan and Lamar Alexander had a fight to the death with hockey sticks, who do you think would win?

85.   Right wing Rob DiMaio knows the Bruins face an uphill fight to the playoffs.

86.   Several factors helped bring the fight to a head this year, including a slowing economy that prompted Pataki to firm his resolve.

87.   So much changed from one fight to the next.

88.   Some officials say they do not exclude cooperating with Iran, a supporter of the Northern Alliance insurgents, in their quest to take the fight to the Taliban.

89.   So it looks like a food fight to the finish.

90.   Such finesse stands in stark contrast to the raw violence among predators like wolves, which can engage one another in bloody fights to the death.