Nor did he want a public fight - with good reason.

But, he added, "we don't want to get into a public fight with the victim of a crime."

Thus, these public fights would not end in a death.

Erin got into a public fight with ex Duncan, and is single.

I had won the public fight and lost the private one.

Some public fights took place at the end of the 19th century.

The nomination of Johnson was assured, but he wanted to control the convention and avoid a public fight over civil rights.

This led to a long and bitter public fight between the two men.

The couple began their public fight in 1992 with a divorce and related civil action.

Their relationship really began in 1997, when the two men had a bitter, public fight about campaign finance reform.