Word: brawling
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...brawl is brewing over where provisional votes must be cast--either in the voter's own precinct or within a broader area, like the voter's home county. Twenty-eight states have adopted the first position, 17 the second; five allow Election Day registration, and in North Dakota you can just show up. Generally, Republicans take the more restrictive view, Democrats the more inclusive one. Reason: poor voters, who tend to vote Democratic, move more often than wealthier ones and are thus less apt to know their appropriate precinct. Lawsuits over provisional ballots have already sprung up in five states...
...course, there’s no question that Boston can fight. Alex Rodriguez’s reaction to a slight nick in the arm from a Bronson Arroyo pitch this July—those Yankees sure are sensitive—started quite a brawl, and though Yankee Tanyon Sturtze tried to grab Gabe Kapler’s head, it was ultimately Sturtze who ended up bruised and battered on the ground. Maybe the Yankees just like to get pounded; who can forget former Yankees bench coach and generally unhinged malcontent Don Zimmer getting thrown to the ground after he charged...
...sitting there, frozen,” said the neighbor, who said she thought about calling the police but decided not to. “It was a shock. You’d think it was a Saturday night brawl, but it didn’t seem to be ordinary circumstances...
...Jefferson was a man of action too. In the 1790s, he became convinced that the Revolution was being betrayed by "deserters from the rights and interests of the people," led by the Federalist Alexander Hamilton, a fellow Cabinet member. A political brawl ensued. Jefferson helped found and back a friendly newspaper, the National Gazette, to help disseminate his views. He and his collaborator James Madison hurled pointed charges at his foes and assembled an influential coalition to oppose what he called "aristocrats" and "monocrats." His aggressive behavior, and Hamilton's, finally drew formal rebukes from the consensus-loving President Washington...
...were ready at one point to support the government. But now, no way." UDUWE DHAMMALOKA, member of Sri Lanka's Buddhist monk-led National Heritage Party, after two fellow monks were injured in a brawl with ruling-party lawmakers on the floor of Parliament...