bare-knuckled

Mr. Perry's attraction may come from his record of governing the nation's second-largest state for 10 years, combined with his reputation as a bare-knuckled conservative.

GOP Race Gains Focus as Pawlenty Says Goodbye Jonathan Weisman 2011

The Wisconsin GOP kept up its bare-knuckled tactics of passing the law with tens of thousands protesting outside the statehouse, with the state's Democrats out of state in absentia.

John Wellington Ennis: Recalling Randy Hopper John Wellington Ennis 2011

And in the nightmarish world of The Foundation Pit, too, a similar tenderness, however bare-knuckled, can be discerned.

From the editor 2009

Evidence of that bare-knuckled strategy can be seen in the treatment of Stephanie McIlvain, one of the most recent witnesses to receive a subpoena to appear before the grand jury.

Jonathan Littman: Lance Armstrong Witnesses on Hot Seat Jonathan Littman 2010

And in the nightmarish world of The Foundation Pit, too, a similar tenderness, however bare-knuckled, can be discerned.

A Different Stripe: 2009

And in the nightmarish world of The Foundation Pit, too, a similar tenderness, however bare-knuckled, can be discerned.

Translation 2010

The former Pennsylvania senator, known in Congress for bare-knuckled fights on social issues, stuck to his blue-collar theme in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Challenges Mount for Rick Santorum Patrick O'Connor 2012

But a bare-knuckled political rival won't forget or forgive past slights.

The Rise and Fall of Yulia Tymoshenko Matthew Kaminski 2011

Behind the disputes over economic policy lay a bare-knuckled fight for power.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

While the journalistic head yearns toward a middle-class living, the respect of those in power, maybe a seat at the table and a small trophy or two, many a heart also thumped for the hard-drinking, bare-knuckled access to what Black condescendingly branded "the lumpenproletariat" readership of traditional tabs: Jimmy Breslin speaks truth to power.

Robert Teitelman: Murdoch, Britain and the Tabloid Mentality Robert Teitelman 2011