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Getting his wife back was going to be an uphill battle.

Both were to be an uphill battle, but the need was great.

It was an uphill battle, taking three years and $16 million.

Without clear evidence of an increased risk, the bill may face an uphill battle.

But even so, we knew it was going to be an uphill battle.

So far, the city's efforts to control growth seem to face an uphill battle.

No one questions that it will be an uphill battle.

Working the land, the author realized, had always been an uphill battle.

But he was fighting an uphill battle, and lost much money.

We made the last two series an uphill battle by falling behind, 3-2.

It's still an uphill battle, but at least now there's reason for hope.

Such integration may be an uphill battle for years to come.

But it was an uphill battle to do clinical studies.

This game is an uphill battle for the Giants all the way.

So far, though, it has been an uphill battle for consumers.

"I know you've had an uphill battle the whole way," he told him.

"So even though it will work, I think they'll have an uphill battle."

It may be an uphill battle for the incumbent, however.

But he acknowledged that it would be an uphill battle.

"In the first quarter, we turned the ball over too many times and for us it was an uphill battle to get points."

The activists have an uphill battle to change the rules further.

Challenging him would appear to be an uphill battle at best.

In the beginning, the assignment appeared to be an uphill battle.

We're trying to get things fixed but it's an uphill battle.

The commuter tax will also face an uphill battle, they said.

But he faces an uphill fight, without much support from the Administration.

"I believe we had an uphill fight from Day 1," he said.

Still, it's largely an uphill fight to make us care about this relationship.

The Mayor will have an uphill fight, and union leaders make it clear they are not ready to give back anything yet.

From the beginning, it was an uphill fight for the Liberals.

It's an uphill fight for our hotels to keep in the black.

It is likely to remain an uphill fight, officials acknowledge.

If you ever want to swap the entire part, though, expect an uphill fight.

But all the tax proposals face an uphill fight in Albany.

Though optimistic, advocates know that getting $1.2 million from the state is an uphill fight.

But they acknowledge that theirs is very much an uphill fight.

Still, life is often an uphill fight in that hard-scrabble area.

A constant theme is equal rights for women, an uphill fight.

"I came here realizing we had an uphill fight," Slaughter said.

Dole is our only alternative and we have an uphill fight."

The Army faced an uphill fight it hadn't had to worry about farther west.

"I think it's going to be an uphill fight only because of the sense that folks out there have about public education.

At the moment, the directors seem to be waging an uphill fight.

"If he's bent, we could have an uphill fight on our hands.

"No need for that, although I admit it was an uphill fight.

The idea, at best, faces an uphill fight when Congress reconvenes next week.

"It felt like an uphill fight all the way," said Agassi.

Supporters of the bill believe it faces an uphill fight there, but environmental groups are not taking the vote for granted.

But in a hidebound profession, he faces an uphill fight.

By any measure, this is an uphill task for Dallas.

"We always seem to leave ourselves with an uphill task and make it interesting," said Terry.

So the Giants face an uphill task against an apparently superior team.

To describe that as an uphill task is an understatement.

West led a spade, giving nothing away, and South faced an uphill task.

The Aussie faces an uphill task as she's two break points down.

It was an uphill task to obtain the financing for this purpose.

But what is certain is the Giants face an uphill task.

Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it's an uphill task.

She does have an uphill task ahead of her though and I wish her luck.

I have found the museum an uphill task.

At first he had an uphill task establishing his position in a big ship's hierarchy, but continuing success brought status.

Instead, it was an uphill task with every step being marred by a new set of intricate problems and obstacles.

Borthwick had an uphill task to establish himself in the ship's hierarchy.

West led the club queen against four hearts and South faced an uphill task with a bunch of potential losers.

The film's unit faced an uphill task of completing the shoot covering 38 locations in just 33 days.

But it would be an uphill task.

Viomak still finds it an uphill task to distribute her protest music in Zimbabwe.

Jean certainly bad an uphill task with Ellen, but she was persevering with it!

Any proposals to tackle both the assumptions behind these recent policies and the long entrenched age discrimination within social security will have an uphill task.

It was an uphill task to work towards development projects and help in alleviating poverty in the region.

With all that, though, the Giants still have to face an uphill task, starting with a game against the Vikings.

An uphill task for the blind mountaineers.

An uphill task , pulled off nicely!

Sir Bob Kerslake faces an uphill task as new head of civil service

But getting the message to the public that lobsters caught in the area are safe is an uphill job, fishermen say.

Most of the time it's an uphill job, I'll admit."

It was an uphill job.

'Into the Face of a Cannon' "I've got an uphill job to get the committee together on $19 billion of taxes," the Senator said.

They found conversation with Tom Regan while he was pre-occupied with his dinner to be an uphill job, but the Judge was more forthcoming. '

Opens today nationwide Directed by Steve Taylor 102 minutes Wrestling the good book from the hands of Mammon and dragging wealthy believers back to first principles can be an uphill job.

For 20 years, Ms. Colon has had an uphill job explaining that, yes, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater does do plays in English and, no, Anglo monoglots need not worry about understanding what is going on.

We tried to inject some night-life into Howden by gathering up the local girls and starting a Badminton club in a disused village hall, but that was a bit of an uphill job because the Howden residents were not night-life-minded.