1.   But after losing a protracted fight for asylum both parents were deported.

2.   Already House Democratic campaign officials have instructed their candidates to capitalize on the protracted fight.

3.   Analysts and investors had expected IBM to raise its bid to prevent a protracted fight.

4.   And many investors are bracing for a protracted fight.

5.   Both sides hunkered down for a protracted fight.

6.   A protracted legal fight was also waged by residents who said the tunnel would destroy their middle-class neighborhood.

7.   A Silver Spring, Md. developer loses a protracted legal fight to lure the Securities and Exchange Commission to Maryland.

8.   After a protracted fight, the city and state gave in.

9.   After fours years of court battles, a settlement that could put an end to the protracted fight seems as distant as ever.