These nominating conventions became fierce battlegrounds for influence and vote trading.

With its overwhelming impact, television is the fiercest battleground for Canada's protectionist policies - and the most controversial, because broadcasters often find themselves opposing Government regulations.

Sri Lanka's east has been one of the fiercest battlegrounds between the government and the rebels, which used it as their primary recruiting ground.

YLC clubs had been fierce battlegrounds during federal leadership races from the early 80s to 2006.

Publicly financed charter schools, praised by both the Republican platform and President Clinton as a promising reform, are becoming one of the fiercest battlegrounds in education.

During the last few months, Europe has become the fiercest battleground in the competition for dominance.

Supermarkets and drugstore chains are, indeed, the fiercest battlegrounds in the greeting card skirmish.

OYL had been a fierce battleground during federal leadership races from the early 80s to 2006.

The election is the latest and fiercest battleground in Thailand's slow, hard-fought democratic revolution.

The Dabhol project is fast becoming one of the fiercest battlegrounds in the debate about who wins and who loses from globalization.