21.   The company, which emerged earlier this year after a heated battle with Maurice Saatchi, has lost several key accounts and has announced job cuts.

22.   The fight involves a heated battle over patent provisions of the latest international General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, ratified by the U.S. last year.

23.   The entry of Reteplase is likely to spur a heated battle in the market for the clot-busting drugs.

24.   The heated battle over how to use projected federal budget surpluses has exposed deep rifts between the two parties, both in political and economic terms.

25.   The most heated battle is at tight end, where Carroll has to decide whether the proven John Burke should stay over Lovett Purnell, a gifted receiver.

26.   The rush to capitalize on Pilates has led to concentrated and heated battles over who can teach the technique and call it by its real name.

27.   The two waged a heated battle that stretched for more than a year, and both men praised one another in public comments after the results were in.

28.   The U.S. Supreme Court will referee a heated battle between credit unions and banks, about when federal credit unions can accept members from outside companies and other groups.

29.   There are several heated battles for the Assembly and state Senate, and in some cases Vallone is supported by candidates who are competing for the same seat.

30.   Vaughn and Los Angeles freshman Paul Pierce, who selected Kansas over UCLA in a heated recruiting battle, came on especially strong.