But within a year, her civic activism kicked in and she began what would become a lifelong fight for her civil rights and those of her neighbors.

The tragedy motivated Luckock's lifelong fight for social programs.

In 1838, he took up his lifelong fight to restore and improve the Harlem River.

For the chairman, the incident became an important political weapon in his lifelong fight against the Government.

But, on the contrary, it had been the beginning of the lifelong fight for Swift, because Jamie knew it might one day fall into his lap.

But then McGwire thought about his father's lifelong fight.

It's a lifelong fight, but you've got to make a commitment to deal with your problems.

"I have a lifelong fight against clutter," he said.

Although Dr. Birnbaum eventually opened a geriatric medical practice, he has waged a lifelong fight to win adequate treatment for mental patients involuntarily hospitalized.

He's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity.