Let's call it a private war between me and that street down there.

Hatcher looked as if he had been in a private war.

For the moment it looked as if those two galleys were about to start a private war of their own.

It sounded like they'd split up into two teams and were having a private war.

People really had been fighting a private little war here.

He had his own private little war going on there.

"It's nothing less than the power of Congress to conduct private limited war."

Congress could start its own little private war, and no one could stop it.

The power to fight a limited private war, if you will, is Congress's power as well.

For I think we may look upon our little private war with death somewhat in this light.