1.   After a bitter political fight, a compromise was finally reached.

2.   The law was passed after a bitter fight that lasted nearly a Decade.

3.   The United States will continue to furnish you and your people with the fullest measure of support in this bitter fight.

4.   Although the coup failed, it triggered a bitter fight for the council president pro tem position and reflected the changing politics of the City Council.

5.   Although public opinion favored stricter laws, the battle for gun registration and licensing turned into a bitter political fight.

6.   And just before her death, she also was locked in a bitter legal fight with her landlady and had been evicted from her home.

7.   And yes, the downtrodden miners ultimately succeed in their bitter fight with the mine owners.

8.   At Harvard, this question has exploded into a bitter academic fight.

9.   A bitter fight has delayed the House vote until September.

10.   A bitter fight on the part of conservation groups saved it.