For months, Mr. Berezovsky lobbied furiously to shape the conditions to his advantage - and lost.

Both sides had been furiously lobbied on the issue by a range of interest groups.

Many large companies are lobbying furiously to be allowed to build and operate bridges, roads and the like for profit under franchise.

Republicans lobbied furiously to defeat the amendment.

Catholic leaders, including Vatican officials, lobbied furiously against the bill, calling it an assault on the institution of marriage and a threat to social stability.

Business groups spent the last three days lobbying furiously against the taxes.

But top generals lobbied furiously to bar them from positions like infantry, armor and much of field artillery that involve direct combat.

Some endangered superintendents lobbied furiously to keep their jobs.

Suffolk employers lobbied furiously against the law, which they said would cost the county thousands of jobs and isolate it economically.

The city's leadership lobbied furiously for the convention and there was considerable bitterness here when the Democrats decided to meet in Atlanta instead.