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The bare-knuckles criticism of Pakistan's military, unprecedented since 2001, has plunged already troubled relations between the two countries to a new low and led to widespread anxiety in Pakistan about what is coming next.

Pakistan's generals meet as relations with US hit new low 2011

With the possibility of a government shutdown looming, it's hard not to see how uncomfortable both Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Barack Obama are at this sort of bare-knuckles game.

Chris Weigant: Two Reluctant Bargainers Chris Weigant 2011

He is a bare-knuckles practitioner of politics who got knocked out of the ring.

Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, CNN's duo of civil dispute Howard Kurtz 2010

As Fouad Ajami, one of the keenest observers of the Arab world, observed tonight on CNN as the violent assaults were proceeding, this is now a bare-knuckles struggle between the forces of democracy and the forces of autocracy, with fateful consequences for the entire Arab world.

Larry Diamond: Mubarak Must Go Larry Diamond 2011

As Fouad Ajami, one of the keenest observers of the Arab world, observed tonight on CNN as the violent assaults were proceeding, this is now a bare-knuckles struggle between the forces of democracy and the forces of autocracy, with fateful consequences for the entire Arab world.

Larry Diamond: Mubarak Must Go Larry Diamond 2011

Russo quoted legal-thriller writer Scott Turow suggesting the practice could even be illegal: "Lawful or not, it's an example of Amazon's bare-knuckles approach."

Info-Age Shoplifting Al Lewis 2011

There's scarcely a whiff of the bare-knuckles approach that earned him the nickname Rahmbo.

The softer side of 'Rahmbo' Emanuel? Jena McGregor 2010

I suppose it should be obvious that bare-knuckles brawling is unlikely to lead to progress, but I have to admit it took me a while to see things this way.

Randi Weingarten: Conflict Makes Good Stories, Collaboration Makes Good Schools Randi Weingarten 2011

As Fouad Ajami, one of the keenest observers of the Arab world, observed tonight on CNN as the violent assaults were proceeding, this is now a bare-knuckles struggle between the forces of democracy and the forces of autocracy, with fateful consequences for the entire Arab world.

Larry Diamond: Mubarak Must Go Larry Diamond 2011

I'm not talking about your sister's wedding, your Tijuana honeymoon, that bare-knuckles fight with your parents at Christmas, the new dog-catcher job, or other personal battles won or lost.

2007 -- The Year that Time Forgot 2010