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A state judge ruled today that New York City's plan to sell bonds to refinance its 1970's debt is constitutional, giving the Bloomberg administration a victory in its ongoing battle over the issue with the state.

But Monday also saw the release of another document somewhat less expected, and probably at least as important in the ongoing battle over the future of the atmosphere and hence all of us who live in its narrow envelope.

Well, because this resolution has far less to do with the legitimate reason for displaying the Lincoln Bible than it has to do with the ongoing battle over the Capitol Visitors Center.

It's a scattershot shooting gallery of offense: look at the tense, ongoing battle over the use of the word "gypsy," which many Roma consider an ethnic slur but which most Americans and British use freely.

Berman makes a persuasive case that the ongoing battles over the reviews of the Voting Rights Act, beginning with the first one, in 1970, have had a major impact on who has held political power.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who is the leading Congressional opponent of campaign finance reform, says the opinion is inconsequential to the ongoing battle over banning the unregulated contributions to political parties known as soft money.

It's also what's at stake in the ongoing battle over whether the federal government should be subsidizing Planned Parenthood.

Then there's the ongoing battle over housing in the capital, with residents of the Aylesbury and Carpenters estates fighting back against the tide of "regeneration" sweeping across the capital.

In the ongoing battle over deficits and the debt ceiling, President Barack Obama has singled out corporate jet owners by calling for an end to their relatively small tax perk.

In the ongoing battle over same-sex marriage it is easy to focus on the immediate outcome of the Proposition 8 decision.

The ongoing battle over a proposal to lift U.S. government protections for the gray wolf (Canis lupus) across the lower 48 states isn't likely to end quickly.