Battering, the researchers insist, is not just a matter of physical aggression.

Battering has only recently been taken as seriously as child abuse or, for that matter, animal torture.

And the page closes with this final thought, in boldface: "Battering comes in many forms.

Battering is the single major cause of injuries to women - exceeding rapes, muggings and even auto accidents.

Battering of women results in severe physical and emotional harm to millions of women in the United States.

"That's a Brodsky Battering Ram, and it's the greatest anti-tank weapon ever made.

Battering, like the flogging of slaves in the antebellum South, is at its most fundamental level an assertion of ownership and of property rights.

Next Time, She'll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It.

Thunderbolt monoshock Ram (Battering ram)

Some were pure nonsense, such as Richard Pelham's "A Brief Battering at the Blues".

Guilds may also build siege vehicles to assist in battle, such as Ballistae, Battering Rams and Catapults.

Pelham's signature non-musical bit was his "A Brief Battering at the Blues", a comic monologue and prototypical stump speech.

Battering is not a one-time explosion of emotions caused by alcohol or drugs; nor is the man unaware of what he is doing, Ms. Crowley said.

Conor creates an alter-ego known as Conor Finn and joins the Battering Rams, a fierce group of inmates.

As a result, a story that sounds like a tabloid headline ("Upstate Prof Indicted in Wife's Battering Death") slowly takes on a weight and palpable reality.

Battering is the single major cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the U.S.; more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.

In 1997, they published the report of their investigation, titled The Validity and Use of Evidence Concerning Battering and Its Effects in Criminal Trials.

"Battering is physically and psychologically cumulative," said Prudence Glass Greenblatt of the Battered Women's Defense Committee, which aided Karen Straw, recently acquitted in the murder of her husband.

Getting Hit By the Human Battering Ram from Marketing Punk I ran across a post from Seth Godin about telemarketing "Human Battering Rams."

A Battering From Bush For several weeks, while the Massachusetts Governor spent much of his time balancing his state's budget, picking a running mate and trying to cope with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Bush campaign hammered him on issues ranging from crime to military readiness.

Chapter Six THE BATTERING ON THE DOOR of their dormitory sent Ryan's hand scrabbling for the butt of the SIG-Sauer Waster, feeling the chill of the metal against the warmth of his palm.

Earlier Battering Cited "The Street is still licking its wounds from the battering it took earlier in the week, when many convinced themselves that the Fed was about to slash interest rates," said Robert H. Chandross, chief economist at Lloyds Bank.

Now I must leave him, or he would batter me off.

For many, it's the first time they see themselves as battered.

Got battered in the first 3 games of the season.

Yet, even technology often looks a bit older and battered.

Still, it does not batter the public with its image.

Not only that, but this season he has also been battered.

Why, with that Mark 32 he could batter down a whole city!

I had tried to batter down the door, using the one chair in the place to help me.

That was battered enough to have served through the war.

You had a chance to batter us, now it's our turn.

He hit the ground and all the breath was battered from his body.

But the good news seemed to have less effect than the fact that prices had been battered already.

The town has been battered by high winds for days.

He was a big man, but his face had been badly battered.

Their mother had been battered to death with a hammer.

But battered she was, the poor kid, and by her own father.

By the time the salmon return, they are battered and near death.

The men in the room beyond were battering at the door.

And so they batter in the door To take his goods away.

I had certainly been battered and thrown about a lot.

I look forward to battering these over the next few weeks.

How many times had he seen Carol or her children battered?

And we had battered wives in those days, you know, on our street.

A group of star people and citizens were trying to batter them down.

His face is thin and battered as though he's been in a bad fight.

Which was more than at least one other batter would have done.

Now the second batter is going to do the same thing.

He just happened to be the batter when the game turned.

Season and let the batter rest for half an hour.

He was 9, and sitting too close to the batter.

"The first batter in the game should have had a hit."

One night we tried it using batter left over from the morning.

Then with the next batter to get a hit, he does it again.

Is he going to talk to the ball or to the batter?

The other night, for the first time, I saw a little batter hit the ball.

She was a hit batter away from a perfect game.

And he heard his name announced as the next batter.

Carry on until you have used up all the batter.

"But to place the ball where you want to with a batter there takes some time."

On that one day, 22 home runs were hit but no two by the same batter.

He walked the first batter and gave up three runs.

The thing that holds up the game is the batter.

He'd do anything to prevent a batter getting ahead of him.

I want the batter to know the plate's not his.

Leave the batter mixture to stand for about 20-30 minutes.

White, the next batter, sent a single over second base.

This makes it more difficult for the batter to hit the ball.

Then as now, a batter was called out after three strikes.

The batter may be out after one, two or three strikes.

He faced only one more batter before being taken out.