Paul's ratcheting back of his campaign in May came directly on the heels of two Republican state conventions, in Oklahoma and Arizona, which fell into wild tumult because of fights — sometimes literally physical fights — between the Paul and Romney forces.
Neighbors of Ms. Fletcher said that several relatives lived together in the worn yellow house, and that the police had been called several times because of fights with the neighbors.
The new House version of the farm bill is expected to save about $38 billion over 10 years, about $3 billion more than last year's bill, which passed in committee but failed to come to the House floor for a full vote, derailed primarily because of fights over the food stamp program.
De la Hoya was elevated because of fights against a raft of fellow greats, including Chavez, Pernell Whitaker and Mayweather himself.
Alberto had multiple school suspensions and was at risk for expulsion because of fights and truancy.
We'd go to CBGBs to have a show cut short because of fights breaking out in the pit.
Once we started getting arrested because of fights, because of minor crimes and other things, we had to assimilate to the predominant culture inside the juvenile hall system, which is the more traditional gang style.
"I found myself running down the hall all the time because of fights," Rhonda Richetta told me, speaking of her early days as principal of Baltimore's City Springs School, a K-8 school in a tough inner-city neighborhood.
One of the many myths of my father: In high school, because of fights and athletics (my father was a four-sport letterman and captain of his high school's first state championship football team in the 1950s), my father had a full set of false teeth by age 18.
Khan's promoters Golden Boy Promotions said their change of direction was because of "only partial representation of fight officials who were involved".
