His arrest touched off a field day in the British press and one of the century's most rancorous sessions of Parliament.

TEXAS State Treasurer Ann Richards, a Democrat, narrowly defeated Republican Clayton Williams, a wealthy rancher and businessman, in one of the nation's most rancorous gubernatorial contests.

Their most rancorous arguments are punctuated by perverse sexual sparks that threaten to subdue Medea into passivity.

The dispute in Detroit, one of the most rancorous in the newspaper industry in years, began on July 13, 1995, when nearly 2,500 workers from six unions walked out.

A11 Liberals Win in Canada Liberals led or defeated the Conservatives in 136 districts to 94 as ballot counting continued in the closest and most rancorous election in nearly a generation.

That turnout paid tribute in death to a King who in life, during nearly a half-century's reign, sought to mend even the most rancorous of disputes.

Nor could he think of a credible reason to question his fitness, despite his years as a lightning rod for one of the most rancorous management-labor battles in recent history.

Both sides say the wrangling within a committee that has prided itself on nonpartisanship is the most rancorous in years.

A naval engagement was fought with the most rancorous animosity, and prodigious slaughter was committed on both sides.

Both visitors nodded, noting to themselves that the allocation of oil production quotas was the most rancorous of issues.