Politics are bare-knuckle and they are fascinating.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2006] Reference

Is bare-knuckle politics the way forward for Labour?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is bare-knuckle politics the way forward for Labour?] Reference

This was the last bare-knuckle prize fight in England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Dragon]

Would I box him in a boxing ring or bare-knuckle match?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2009] Reference

COOPER: Probably a lot of bare-knuckle politics going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2009] Reference

L. Sullivan, the bare-knuckle fighter from the late 1800s.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sweet Science of Memorabilia] Reference

I mean, politics in this town is a bare-knuckle situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2005] Reference

Well, bare-knuckle politics at last night's debate in Orlando.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2007] Reference

Up next, is Barack Obama ready for bare-knuckle Washington politics?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 29, 2008] Reference

Like Thatcher before him, Cameron is heading for a bare-knuckle fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toil and Tears] Reference

A bare-knuckle showdown seems to be in the works right here in Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2006] Reference

The fighter was the heavyweight champion of the bare-knuckle era of boxing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diamonds in the Ring] Reference

Sounds like someone has learning some bare-knuckle politics from the masters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary: Obama "Consistently Misstates" My Position On Negotiating With Foreign Leaders] Reference

Some Delta employees worry you may bring that bare-knuckle tradition to them.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Opportunity Is All Over the World'] Reference

A sampling of a century of boxing memorabilia, starting with the bare-knuckle 1880s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diamonds in the Ring] Reference

It ` s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT no-holds-barred, bare-knuckle "it" girl championship fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2008] Reference

It ` s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT no-holds-barred, bare-knuckle "It Girl" championship fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2008] Reference

It ` s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, no-holds-barred, bare-knuckle "it" girl championship fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2008] Reference

Mr. Stern's initiative once again reveals his bare-knuckle approach to union organizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pounding Private Equity] Reference

Plus: are these non-mortgage bare-knuckle lenders truly blameless in the economic meltdown?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gary Rivlin: Yes, the Payday Lenders and Other Fringe Financers Are to Blame.] Reference

A bare-knuckle abolitionist, he once manned a battering ram to free a jailed fugitive slave.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emily's Ambassador] Reference

But here in this town, it is a bare-knuckle business that is woven into this city's history.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2004] Reference

But choke holds, kicks, and near bare-knuckle punches are not only legal, but the way to win.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2005] Reference

And it has gathered around itself a group of advisers known for their bare-knuckle M&A tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 April] Reference

These are hard-edged Machiavellians skilled in the bare-knuckle methods of maintaining the empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not One Drop] Reference

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: You know, you won the bare-knuckle brawl, so you got my old time slot.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2005] Reference

It ` s now the story of her half-billion - dollar baby and the bare-knuckle custody battle to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2007] Reference

And can a call to spiritual enlightenment really win out over the shock-value of bare-knuckle confrontation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Can Radio with Heart Capture the Heart?] Reference

But in practice that often involves bare-knuckle negotiations between companies and their customers and suppliers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Firms Are Quick to Collect, Slow to Pay] Reference

Maybe that's why he brings a bare-knuckle honesty to his work that, by comparison, makes Harris seem positively wimpy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank Schaeffer: Do Atheists Borrow Religion's Morality?] Reference

But even companies that once had decent relations with workers and accepted unions are turning to bare-knuckle tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Levine: Corporations Now Widely Using Wal-Mart Tactics, New Report on Unionbusting Finds] Reference

But in that initial bid for political office, Obama quickly mastered the bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama On The Air In February 5 States] Reference

This year it will turn into something more than a bare-knuckle fight; the brass knuckles will make their debut in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tim Giago: Tars and Sailors Stick Together] Reference

To oppose this position would require that the moderates exercise a degree of bare-knuckle politics they have so far avoided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonathan Handel: SAG: What Might Happen at Next Week's Board Meeting] Reference

It was, as the political writers say when they dip into their cliche drawer, a bare-knuckle inaugural address, no doubt about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phil Bronstein: You Got Your Parting Shots -- Now Leave Bush Alone] Reference

All in all, Mrs. Clinton has shown that she's a bare-knuckle political fighter who will stop at little to win against fellow Democrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary: Logic Behind Vote For Obama Or Edwards Is Same As Logic Behind Vote For Bush] Reference

We can use gloves and headgear, gloves and no headgear, or, if it's not illegal at whatever location is chosen, we can go bare-knuckle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Woods: James Frey is Still Full of Crap. But is He Ready to Rumble?] Reference