1.   Everybody liked grandmotherly Barbara Bush, who kept her wicked barbs private and mostly stayed out of public political combat.

2.   And so, despite the overwhelming support for the war effort on Capitol Hill, political combat has returned with a vengeance in the House.

3.   And it seems that Mrs. Labastida shares the same a similar instinct for political combat.

4.   And the prime minister is presumed to be the master of focused political combat.

5.   Both women went to great lengths to appear above political combat, particularly its practical, financial side.

6.   But he said he did not share the concern of some Democrats that she might find direct political combat distasteful.

7.   But given the ambition and ruthlessness of both men, it seems clear that a furious political combat would emerge in any confederated Serbian entity.

8.   But in the end, Kennedy apparently was not ready for the rough and tumble of political combat that he would have had to face.

9.   But Lebed has signaled that he had lost none of his enthusiasm for political combat.

10.   By the end of the second day of hearings, the mood of political combat was heightening.