1.   Both parties waged a fierce battle to capture the Senate seat of Hank Brown, who is retiring.

2.   County election offices throughout Florida were deluged by absentee ballots this year because both parties waged huge campaigns to get out the vote.

3.   Meiners said successful mergers sometimes eliminated the competition that two parties waged against each other and reduced costly overhead.

4.   The parties waged a fierce battle to capture the Senate seat of Hank Brown, who is retiring.

5.   For past two years opposition parties have been waging a campaign of strikes to drive Prime Minister Khaleda Zia out of office.

6.   Opposition parties have waged a two-year campaign of strikes to drive Prime Minister Khaleda Zia out of office.

7.   The outlawed parties are waging an armed struggle to establish a communist state in predominantly-Muslim Bangladesh.

8.   The outlawed parties are waging an armed struggle to establish a communist state in predominantly Muslim Bangladesh.

9.   The ruling party is waging a battle to overcome a string of reversals last year.