11.   ATLANTA - SunTrust Banks launched another strike Monday afternoon in the war for Wachovia, escalating the already bitter battle with First Union.

12.   At the height of the bitter battle over ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Ross Perot held a Washington news conference to denounce the pact.

13.   Because of a bitter battle over the will of Jack Kent Cooke, there is a chance the Cooke family could lose control of the team.

14.   Bitter battles, each with its own special characteristics, are being fought in nearly every state.

15.   Bitter battle lines between CART, or IndyCar, and the IRL were defined in Chicago on Monday.

16.   A bitter battle could yet play out over the future of the permanent international criminal court, aimed at prosecuting ongoing and future war crimes.

17.   A bitter battle has erupted as LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton struggles to gain a control of Gucci Group N.V., its rival peddler of luxury goods.

18.   A bitter battle is shaping up between environmentalists and businesses as the U.S. government prepares to issue new standards on air quality.

19.   A bitter battle over how best to teach math has broken out in California, agitating parents and pitting school board members and teachers against one another.

20.   A bitter battle erupted on the left flank as my riflemen and machine gunners ran headlong into American troops advancing through the woods.