Mr. Kumaramangalam, himself a former trade union leader who once battled privatization, said the state's whole system could easily operate with just 15,000 workers.

He was lured away to become a party official and is today as much a target of protest as the bosses they once battled together.

I once battled with Marlon Sykes himself, and his methods were anything but conventional.

He recalls the drug addiction his mother once battled.

Looking for ways to shore up power, he's expanded his support group, making docile confederates of the very crime bosses he once battled.

Domi said he once battled a mascot in similar circumstances in Canadian junior hockey.

In fact, they once battled over the thing that most unites them: legalizing surgical transplants.

Just as he once battled for supreme fitness, he has poured his energy into learning to speak again.

You, who once valiantly battled Russell, Wilt and Kareem, always said that.

He once again battled Spider-Man, but escaped.