From the Washington Monument on, no memorial has been erected on the Mall without a bruising debate.
Mr. Meek said that without a bruising primary, he could deliver a consistent message throughout the race, and he has focused mainly on the economy.
The church cannot solve any of its deep-seated problems without a bruising debate about one of its fundamental traditions: that the best point of contact between man and God is a celibate male priesthood.
A few years after that, China's gross domestic product — led by Huawei and other tech companies — is likely to surpass that of the U.S. It is difficult to see how the U.S can block Huawei without triggering a bruising, mutually destructive tech and trade war with China.
I remember a monstrous tangle of arms and legs and fists, with me at the bottom, gouging at eyes and doing my utmost to mangle throats, but I arrived at the facility without a scratch or a bruise.
Not without a few bruises along the way.
Great wealth doesn't come without a few bruises, and the group was fairly forthcoming even poignant when it came to sharing hard lessons learned.
Seattle played without Vin Baker, who has a bruised right knee, and Calvin Booth, who missed his third straight game with a sprained ankle.
Ms. Maloney's decision accomplishes what the Democratic political establishment had long wanted: a virtually clear path to the Democratic nomination for Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, who will now be able to cruise into a potentially difficult general election with a vulnerable governor at the top of the ticket without the scars of a bruising primary battle.
SLAP SHOTS The Rangers played without VALERY KAMENSKY, who has a bruised kidney for the second time this season.
