Martínez broke Piazza's hand with the ball and then engaged him in a nasty exchange.

But the nasty exchange apparently jump-started the negotiations.

"Uncle," Natalon said, breaking up what he feared would be another nasty exchange of words, "whatever the result, it was my decision."

Will Clara and Harry ever patch things up, after this nasty exchange?

The statement fired a nasty exchange between the President's press spokesmen and the Speaker, but Mr. Yeltsin did not respond.

The comment sparked a nasty exchange between husband and wife that left everyone feeling uncomfortable.

A nasty exchange of cables followed between Jones and Gati, but the State Department dropped the matter.

"They're telling the truth on each other," Mr. Galbraith said of the nasty exchanges by the major-party nominees.

There were no fireworks, no nasty exchanges between lawmakers and their witness, no tearful relatives for the cameras to film.

"You're not a monster," the near saintly Siggy insists in the midst of a nasty exchange.