After a bitter four-year fight, Silver Cliff took the county seat from Rosita in the 1886 election, and Rosita declined further.

Bek did not manage even the four-year fight that Gerald had managed, for Peckham routed him quickly.

Two judges, forensic psychologists and a legal guardian were involved during a four-year legal fight until, in early January, the grandparents' petition for visitation was denied.

There was a four-year legal fight concerning almost $1,000,000 in property taxes that Orange County Property Appraiser Bill Donegan alleged were owed.

Sue died after a four-year fight with colon cancer.

AFTER a four-year fight, backers of the newly approved $600 million natural-gas pipeline from Canada to Long Island say that they are hoping to begin construction in Connecticut in the early spring.

A four-year legal fight over an unorthodox detoxification treatment for heroin addicts ended today when two doctors who provided the treatment agreed to a two-year suspension of their licenses.

After a four-year legal fight, the state's top court threw out the most serious charges, saying that Mr. Ohrenstein's practices did not violate the law.

Her 11-year-old son, Kariym, qualified for the Federal benefit only after a four-year fight that went to an administrative judge because despite his frequent hospitalizations, his illness did not seem severe enough.

"This would take away our individuality," said Linda Fletcher, a 54-year-old yoga teacher who has been leading the four-year fight against such restaurants.