mano-a-mano

Their campaigns promised a mano-a-mano fight, and both frontrunners for the Republican nomination, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, have lost no time in throwing bombs in their quest for the Latino vote -- or, more precisely, the Cuban vote -- in the Florida presidential primary on Jan. 31.

Maribel Hastings: GOP Primary in Florida: A Pitched Battle for the Cuban Vote Maribel Hastings 2012

Their campaigns promised a mano-a-mano fight, and both frontrunners for the Republican nomination, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, have lost no time in throwing bombs in their quest for the Latino vote -- or, more precisely, the Cuban vote -- in the Florida presidential primary on Jan. 31.

Maribel Hastings: GOP Primary in Florida: A Pitched Battle for the Cuban Vote Maribel Hastings 2012

I started with organizing my best friends, and at the end had a list of more than 50 regulars who put everything they could into joining me to canvass, make phone calls and work mano-a-mano to convince one voter at a time that we needed change, driving long distances to help turn Virginia blue and even some of us to ensure victory in Pennsylvania.

Jodi Jacobson: Why a Soccer Momma for Obama Hung Up Her Cleats Jodi Jacobson 2010

We never let ourselves get comfortable, and it became a mano-a-mano type situation.

Flashback to 1995: Tiki Barber Steve Yanda 2010

I watch the movies and enjoy the music ... if they want to talk politics or religion, I'm in ... mano-a-mano.

Separating Art from Idiocy 2009

On Sunday, Mr. P and fellow seven-stringer Ed Laub will join forces at Smalls for what promises to be an intimate evening of mano-a-mano music.

Teeming Trumpets, Jam Sessions Will Friedwald 2011

MEXICO CITY—Telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim , considered the world's richest man, has stopped advertising with Grupo Televisa SAB, the country's most powerful broadcaster, upping the ante in a mano-a-mano battle to control Mexico's airwaves.

Carlos Slim Halts Televisa Ads José de Córdoba 2011

Last time I saw you, you were about to take on General Ripper mano-a-mano.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Call’s Review Forum 2009

It was a blue-blooded, mano-a-mano parlor game, a sartorial one-upmanship that the stylish button-downers would engage in, Mr. Flusser said.

Pants on Fire Steve Garbarino 2011

I watch the movies and enjoy the music ... if they want to talk politics or religion, I'm in ... mano-a-mano.

Separating Art from Idiocy 2009