Bitter Tug-of-War The Investigation Commissioner's report sketches an intense, bitter bureaucratic tug-of-war between Mr. Michael and Mr. Riccio.

A black cultural center already exists within the university's student union, but a free-standing center has become the object of a bitter tug-of-war between Chancellor Paul Hardin and a coalition of U.N.C. student groups.

Mr. de Soto's crusade to cut red tape has become so popular here that he now finds himself in the middle of a bitter political tug-of-war.

With polls showing that he is vulnerable on the issue of crime, Mr. Cuomo received largely negative publicity from his bitter tug-of-war over Mr. Grasso with Oklahoma officials this fall.

He then endured a bitter legal tug-of-war for seven months between her estranged parents about where she should be laid to rest.

Mrs. Fhima was the first witness in the emotionally charged case that stems from the bitter tug-of-war over the boy's care and religious upbringing.

A bitter tug-of-war begins between Yekaterinburg and Moscow concerning which of the two cities "owns" the Romanov remains.

They unanimously adopted a compromise plan after a bitter tug-of-war in which Britain's and West Germany's powerful antitrust bodies fought against ceding any of their powers to the bureaucracy in Brussels.

A bitter tug-of-war rages between Russia and Ukraine over the Black Sea Fleet, the Crimean peninsula and the nuclear missiles stationed in Ukraine.

The Bank of Japan moved today to raise its official discount rate by half a point, to 4.25 percent, effective immediately, apparently winning a bitter tug-of-war with the Finance Ministry.