Many friends were involved in a similar war of attrition with their children.
The opening period became something of a war of attrition, with Birmingham pinned back territorially early on.
He seeks to curtail the attrition with a serve-and-volley game that conjures images of an era past.
The major Wall Street firms will be fighting a war of attrition with their customers for the next five years".
Mr Straw has sided with the chancellor in his war of attrition with Mr Blair over the euro.
So public libraries are experiencing a steady attrition, with councils reducing opening hours and buying fewer books.
He waged a war of attrition with Boston University's president at the time, John Silber, a political conservative.
"Unless the weather is foul, expect a stage of gradual attrition, with the big battle on the final eight kilometres where the Galibier gets narrow and steep.
It was another heavy blow to the morale of the Russian military, which is struggling to contain a war of attrition with Chechen fighters.
Now, the struggle is a war of attrition, with drunken driving claiming about 17,000 deaths a year and inflicting tens of thousands of disabling injuries.
The 55-lap race on Road America's 4.048-mile 4.048-mileoad circuit was marked by attrition, with only 11 of 25 starters running at the end.
