1.   An old back ailment flared up, and he had to miss work for several days.

2.   She suffered from a chronic back ailment.

3.   Before that he had taken an urgent call from another client who had been hospitalized with a mysterious back ailment.

4.   A back ailment sent Andy Van Slyke into premature retirement.

5.   Couples, with his much-chronicled history of back ailments, has won the event twice.

6.   He went to Nazran for treatment of an ulcer and back ailments he developed during his detention.

7.   He was on the disabled list twice with the back ailment.

8.   He was preparing to seek re-election this fall when a back ailment forced him to withdraw.

9.   Her aides now say a back ailment, diagnosed as a herniated disk, and a tight schedule may prevent Whitman from making the trip.

10.   Her husband is in the hospital with a back ailment.