1.   But it certainly seemed to be a pitched partisan battle.

2.   Children return to classrooms this fall amid an increasingly pitched battle over Ritalin and other drugs used to treat millions with behavioral and emotional problems in school.

3.   It was wrested away from the New Orleans parochial schools that wage pitched recruiting battles over pre-teens and treat the titles as their birthright.

4.   Meanwhile, a pitched political battle in Washington has involved lobbyists for consumer groups, the furniture industry, fire marshals and even major chemical companies.

5.   Now, some Republicans and Democrats alike are wondering whether the pitched primary battle will not create a new force but simply leave the Republicans in tatters.

6.   Pitched street battles erupted as a detachment of policemen moved down a street and was pelted with stones.

7.   Soon, a pitched legal battle will commence in the Pacific Northwest.

8.   Stephenson, with the help of skillful film editing, also winningly creates a pitched barnyard battle between the animals and their human antagonists.

9.   The Liberals, whose longstanding support of the mayor had alienated many Democrats, faced a pitched internal battle over which side to take.

10.   The pitched partisan battle over the inquiry has disturbed a number of Republicans, who fear their message about presidential wrongdoing has been muddled.