A kangaroo when cornered, Mr. Wheeldon continued, can be a fierce adversary.

It's no accident that the West's fiercest adversaries among other societies tend to come from among the most Westernized of the group.

Such is the ever-increasing power of Bill Clinton to set the agenda for even his fiercest adversaries.

Yet for a pair of companies that are such fierce adversaries, Microsoft and AOL actually compete very little - at least today.

"I erred on the side of reimbursing the Government for any item that even my fiercest political adversary could question," he said.

The last vestiges of his waning strength asserted themselves as he held his fierce adversary at bay.

She was defending herself to her fiercest adversary in the Hall, her only real adversary.

Segregation was rigorously enforced under military law, and the Indians of the western plains proved to be a fierce adversary.

Chaudhry, one of Tora's fiercest adversaries, said he accepted that Tora was in poor health and should be released on compassionate grounds.

The brothers were indicted in February 1999 and have since become fierce adversaries.