In the usual opening skirmish, the ethnic mix of the commission was challenged.

The taking out of Pump Station Four is only the opening skirmish in what promises to be a bloody battle.

After the opening skirmishes of the war took place near Boston, Cornwallis put his politics aside and sought active service.

This was the opening skirmish in the Mormon War.

An opening skirmish or two did not predict the out- come of the war.

But he had arrived; it felt like she'd won, if not the first battle, then at least the opening skirmish.

Their continuing tug of war has turned into one of the pivotal opening skirmishes over the future of electronic books.

But that was just the opening skirmish in what the energy companies now see as a long bruising battle ahead.

The opening skirmishes on the day of the decider were balanced.

However, in those crucial opening skirmishes there was worse to come.