Beethoven waged a long, ugly battle with his brother's widow for custody of her son, Karl.

They also see the potential for ugly legal battles if the woman who gives birth should try to keep the baby.

A1 The Buchanan bombshell means the ugliest battles lie ahead.

AN ugly political battle has developed in Elmsford over the village's beautification campaign.

An ugly political battle in Philadelphia cut in half the number of schools Edison was hired to manage there.

It's an ugly battle, not least because it's so easy to champion the cause of progmatism.

For the first time, an ugly battle between father and son erupted into public view.

Mr. Tierney is also wrong about "ugly political battles among generations."

A long time ago, an ugly battle was being waged everyday as the world was ruled by demons.

There was always a higher cause - the stability of Germany itself - for which domestic political battles, however ugly, had to be fought.