An offensive by Gen. Michel Aoun's army in Christian-controlled East Beirut halted today after making little headway on the second day of brutal clashes with rival Christian militiamen.

Maybe this brutal post-election clash was inevitable.

There are loud chants about the brutal clashes with police that claimed more than 40 lives last week.

The novel's main character is only observing the brutal clashes without participating or taking sides.

Never reported by the umpires for foul play, he was noted for his determination to play the ball rather than the man, rare in an era of occasionally brutal clashes.

For the Iranian filmmaker, the situation illustrates the brutal clash between modernity and Islamic tradition in contemporary Iran.

Some 200,000 Americans and Japanese died during the Battle of Okinawa, one of the most brutal clashes of the war.

The film's climax, a brutal clash between Aliya's two lovers, tales place on the subway platform.

Shouts and the brutal clash of arms, bellowing and screaming, the sibilant hiss of the powder cannon as it fired-shutt-shuttt-shutt "There is fighting in the square," said Sybelline.