41.   Where Republicans and Democrats once waged epic ideological battles, they now jockey over modest changes in the distribution of highway money.

42.   Becker and Edberg fought epic battles over the last decade, including three Wimbledon finals, of which Edberg won two.

43.   Becker and Edberg fought epic battles over the last decade, including three Wimbledon finals, of which the Swede won two.

44.   Bush emerged the victor after an epic postelection battle that held the nation in suspense and bitterly divided it along partisan lines.

45.   For much of their epic semifinal battle on Tuesday, the Netherlands outplayed, outhustled and outsmarted the defending Cup champions.

46.   It was the second Australian-American epic battle in two nights.

47.   Korda had beaten Sampras at the U.S. Open in five sets, an epic battle that lasted more than five hours due to rain interruptions.

48.   No epic battles here, no monsters, no sorcery or pulse-pounding chase scenes.

49.   Others were less confident that the epic battle between communism and capitalism was over.

50.   The characters are cardboard and juvenile, the plot twists indecipherable and the epic battle against gargantuan extraterrestrial insects morally questionable at best.