1.   As usual, the hero was facing insuperable odds.

2.   He was facing impossible odds.

3.   They face impossible odds simply trying to get an education.

4.   They face overwhelming odds in their struggle to preserve the park.

5.   And any plan to eliminate whole state departments would face huge odds.

6.   Another Californian, Janice Nelson, a physician, faces tough odds against Representative David Dreier, chairman of the House Rules Committee.

7.   As the week drew to a close and the White House defense team finished its presentation, the House managers faced increasing odds against calling witnesses.

8.   African-Americans, whether in Boston or the South, continue to face tremendous odds in winning at-large City Council seats.

9.   All of the children faced formidable odds, in families often plagued with drug abuse, mired in poverty and shattered by prison or homelessness.

10.   Bush still faces tough odds in winning broad labor support.