71.   The Republican tax-cut goals set up a major battle with the White House over the use of projected federal budget surpluses.

72.   The trade dispute has become a major political battle within Republican ranks.

73.   The showdown is the first major battle for Scott Harshbarger, the former Massachusetts attorney general who is now president of Common Cause.

74.   The White House is expected to extend favorable trading status to China by June following a major political battle with Congress.

75.   The United States may have prevailed in the Cold War, but ironically, the Soviet Union won the last major battle of that protracted ideological conflict.

76.   These tactics underscore how the major battles of Tora Bora and the Shah-i-Kot Valley have given way to guerrilla-style warfare.

77.   They filed several lawsuits against Norfolk Southern trying to stop the project, but lost a major battle last fall.

78.   This has been a major uphill battle for me for years.

79.   Those whose bank accounts are bulging with greenbacks are like generals who have been allocated all the ammunition, artillery and troops needed to fight a major battle.

80.   We had a major battle before the Florida Supreme Court and it resolved it.