41.   They accept no corporate contributions and therefore face political odds beyond imagining.

42.   Ugandan officials counter that they face difficult odds and that if Sudan continues to back the rebels, it will take years to eradicate them.

43.   Boies acknowledged Gore faced tough odds, noting a written statement from Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday that Bush had a good chance of prevailing.

44.   Catherine indeed faces big odds.

45.   Maskhadov, who took office in February, faces daunting odds in bringing stability to Chechnya, including kidnappings and other crime.

46.   That left the Carews facing astronomical odds of finding someone with similar genetic traits outside the family.

47.   Seal hunters are facing bad odds, since both the United States and the European Union have issued a ban on imports of seal fur.

48.   Seal hunters are facing bad odds since both the United States and the European Union have issued a ban on imports of seal fur.