The intramural face-off, waged a bit like a contest for class president, drew more attention than leadership contests usually do because of its implications for the party's future.
Yet so long as Mr. Kerry faces even nominal intramural opposition, President Bush's advisers worry that they will have a harder time getting equal attention for their political message, and Mr. Kerry's rivals seem to keep undercutting each other, not him.
He focused on intramural sports.
This is our intramural sport".
The intramural sports teams were rarely mixed.
Violet football has been intramural ever since.
There are limits to intramural loyalty.
The intramural warfare has turned bitter.
The intramural argument among Democrats also reflects the political divisions between an administration with two years to improve the economy, and members of Congress facing an angry electorate in less than a month.
Banners celebrating intramural basketball champions hung in a gymnasium.
But their personal lives were an intramural mess.
