dust-up, random, first-come, first-served

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With about 55,000 requests for fewer than 400 tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin's staff says he has no choice but to dispense them in a random drawing. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, a fellow Maryland Democrat with 35,000 inquiries of her own, made the same decision. So did Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who has logged more than 10,000 calls.Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D) of Northern Virginia is taking a first-come, first-served approach. The popularity of Obama and the excitement surrounding the inauguration of the nation's first black president Jan. 20 have led to a demand for tickets the likes of which Washington has never seen. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) can recall giving away passes to both inaugurations for President Bush (R). Even the swearing in of Democrat Bill Clinton, who was popular in his Baltimore-centric district, didn't cause this much of a dust-up, Cummings said.

dust-up 

noun [C usually singular] OLD-FASHIONED a fight or argument

dust-up とは【意味】殴り合い,争い...