11.   The Democratic race had a five-week lull after New Hampshire, and so all attention turned to the vicious battle on the Republican side.

12.   Both Leghari and Sharif were swarmed with bodyguards and paramilitary troops, a precaution against extremist minority groups who have waged the vicious street battles in Karachi.

13.   Demonstrators blocked University Square, scene of vicious battles between unarmed demonstrators and miners five years ago.

14.   Early this year, the clans fought vicious battle for the control of both the air strip and the port before agreeing to joint administration.

15.   The promises followed the most vicious battles in Sarajevo in more than two years.

16.   Vicious battles gripped northern Bosnia early Monday around a key Serb supply corridor, and U.N. officials warned that food was getting scarce in Sarajevo.