1.   She banged her fist against the steering-wheel, fighting back the tears that scalded her eyes and threatened to blind her.

2.   She looked away, fighting back her tears.

3.   Fighting back his tears, he waved goodbye to her from the station platform.

4.   Ruth buried her face in his neck and fought back the tears for poor Maria Luisa.

5.   And in that time, the U.S. economy swooned, fought back and now seems poised to enter a period of renewed growth.

6.   A year later, Holyfield was back fighting, his heart miraculously healed, he believes, during a prayer meeting led by a faith healer.

7.   Fighting back tears and choking on his words, Brian Blades said Tuesday the shooting death of his cousin last week was an accident.

8.   Fighting back tears, she said she was still hopeful that Elian would be allowed to return to Cuba with his grandmothers.

9.   I let it go, believing that McCall had been through this three other times and come back to fight.

10.   Max survived to become Newsmaker of the Year, a national symbol of citizens fighting back against crime.