They see the by-election as a chance to settle scores with Conservatives.
The government is also attempting to settle scores with Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister and Mr Yanukovich's challenger for the presidency.
Neither is it an effort to settle scores with those who have, in some cases viciously, attacked the author in their own screeds.
Now Mr Chaudhry is out to settle scores with nine senior judges accused of contempt of court for accepting jobs late in Mr Musharraf's rule.
And teams certainly don't need to be paying big guys (Boogaard was 6-foot-7) big money just to have them on hand when it comes time to settle scores.
John Major, the first one, is now an ex-prime minister trying to settle scores from beyond the political grave by being rude about Lady Thatcher in his memoirs.
But a spokeswoman for Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell insisted the BBC's license review would not be used to "settle scores" and would not compromise the independence of the BBC.
After a miserable showing by Forza Italia in the European elections on June 13th, and in municipal and provincial ones two weeks later, Mr Fini felt emboldened to settle scores.
Partly jealousy, of course, partly bids to settle old scores.
America still has scores to settle, it appears, from the 2008 financial crisis.
Mr Bush is surrounded by people with scores to settle against Mr Clinton.
Following years of skirmishes others had scores to settle, too.
Mr Perle, a Reagan-era official, evidently has scores to settle.
Collingwood said some words of wisdom from skipper Michael Vaughan - also under pressure after a bad run of scores - had helped settle him on his way to the crease.
Easy answer, devised by Mr Franco, who has old scores as well as debts to settle with Mr Cardoso: refuse to service what they owe.
Those who don't make the national pageants like the Miss India gala have to settle for other, less glamorous affairs, including scores of neighborhood beauty shows, intercollegiate contests and parade queen competitions.
It already has a to-do list: Congress has ordered it to study reverse mortgages, private education-loan practices, why consumers who buy credit scores get numbers different from the ones lenders get and whether arbitration is the right way to settle financial disputes.
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