61.   The bill still faces an uphill fight, given the sums companies will be willing to spend on lobbying and campaign contributions to defeat it.

62.   The administration now hopes to use his conversion to help rally Democratic support in the House, where the president still faces an uphill fight.

63.   The Democrat in that race, former state legislator Joe Wright, is a good candidate, but he faces a very uphill fight.

64.   The district was drawn up to be a Republican stronghold, and even Holt concedes that he has an uphill fight.

65.   The effort to pass this initiative is a decidedly uphill fight.

66.   The issue has become a major battle in Congress, with California lawmakers waging an uphill fight against legislation that would crack down on direct wine shipments.

67.   The measure faces an uphill fight.

68.   The proposals would probably face an uphill fight in the Senate, where institutional rules give Democrats more leverage.

69.   Their uphill fight, meanwhile, will go on without guard Bimbo Coles, who will undergo surgery Tuesday to remove the bone spurs in his right big toe.

70.   They also might have an uphill fight getting high-tech employers to understand the value of their previous experience.