1.   The kind of fierce combat that can unstring even hardened soldiers.

2.   As a consequence, fanciful tales of Green Berets in fierce combat with guerrillas have proliferated, raising suspicions about the stated purpose of the base and the battalion.

3.   He can endure fierce hand-to-hand combat without mussing his hair, much less actually bleeding.

4.   In San Francisco, he found the combat fierce and few deals being worked out over steak and martini dinners.

5.   Now, he said, apparently trying to prepare the public for fierce partisan combat in the weeks to come, time is running out.

6.   Scenes of fierce combat recur.

7.   The shattered houses along the road, many with gaping holes, speak of fierce combat.

8.   After weeks of fierce combat, Russian forces captured the Chechen capital of Grozny.

9.   In recent months, it has also seen fierce combat between guerrillas and their paramilitary foes.

10.   Israel plans to bury Palestinian gunmen killed in fierce combat in the West Bank town of Jenin.