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Only the knock-down-drag-out fight that ends the second act fails to register, in part because Rob Howell's distractingly spectacular deco-modern set isn't cluttered enough to let Elyot and Amanda whip up a sufficiently chaotic mess.

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Speculation had been mounting that Webb, who narrowly beat out George Allen in 2006, would bow out rather than undergo another knock-down-drag-out campaign.

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"I'm increasingly concerned that both parties are content to have a knock-down-drag-out fight over waste, fraud and abuse," Bixby said.

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In fact, in many a movie/TV plot, people have a knock-down-drag-out fistfight and even become friends over the course of it.

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"I'm increasingly concerned that both parties are content to have a knock-down-drag-out fight over waste, fraud and abuse," Bixby said.

Obama won't endorse raising retirement age or reducing Social Security benefits Lori Montgomery 2011

If they turn this into a knock-down-drag-out fight, yammering about "Borking" her, they will come away looking even more racist and sexist than they already do.

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What ensues is a cross between an urbane conversation piece and a knock-down-drag-out debate over the existence of God.

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I hear Kristina will have her say, putting all her cards on the table in a huge knock-down-drag-out fight with her brother-in-law that will send her into labor.

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If that's President Daniels, would he be willing to forgo a knock-down-drag-out fight over a justice, even a swing vote on hot-button issues such as abortion and gay marriage, for the sake of dealmaking with Democrats on issues he plainly cares more deeply about?

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Not to mention the name of the rival publicist in the knock-down-drag-out battle between Jimmy Choo and Escada to put shoes on the toes of actress Ziyi Zhang at the Academy Awards.

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