1.   According to several pro-football figures, the league lacks both the grounds and the will for any nasty battle over relocation with Raiders owner Al Davis.

2.   But his nasty legal battles here help explain the profound enmity that so many residents of this quiet mile-high town feel for him.

3.   Dole, meanwhile, slogged through a nasty battle for the GOP nomination.

4.   He decided against it, citing his lack of appetite for a nasty uphill battle.

5.   He tried to fire a pre-emptive strike at the players union, knowing some nasty battles await in the off-season.

6.   It was one of the more vicious games of the year, with nasty battles, a nasty injury and the rare penalty shot.

7.   Kaiser Aluminum Corp. made a surprise hostile offer Thursday for rival Alumax Inc., setting the stage for what could be a nasty takeover battle.

8.   Kodak is trying mightily to get there, but in the meantime it is locked in a nasty battle with Fuji for market share in film.

9.   Much of the hideous partisanship that splits Washington today can be traced back to the nasty Supreme Court nomination battles of recent vintage.

10.   Speyer and Goldman won control by topping Chicago financier Sam Zell in a nasty battle.