41.   On the surface, the bitter fight between Mayor Richard Riordan and the Los Angeles City Council is over how many new police officers to hire this coming year.

42.   Other Barneys creditors said they would reject the offer when it is presented in bankruptcy court, setting the stage for a bitter fight.

43.   Personal effects can also generate bitter fights.

44.   She vowed a bitter fight over the summer.

45.   That proved a bitter fight to the finish, and only through a herculean effort did the Rangers emerge victorious.

46.   The charges are just the latest step in a bitter fight for First Interstate that has featured charges and counter-charges.

47.   The bitter fight between the two companies comes at a time when Packard Bell has eclipsed Compaq as the top-selling PC maker in the United States.

48.   The efforts have begun to pay some dividends, although quotas face a bitter fight.

49.   The House and Senate must reconcile their two significantly different measures, entailing a bitter fight expected to last through the summer.

50.   The issue is so important to CBS that it was willing to risk a bitter legal fight with the man who provided its biggest triumph in decades.