1.  And even that narrow change faces formidable opposition, says Cliff Palefsky, a civil rights lawyer in San Francisco.

2.  Another factor influencing Lewis was his formidable opposition.

3.  As always, the obstacles will be the free speech guarantees in the Constitution, and formidable opposition in Congress.

4.  Both of the bills face formidable opposition from a coalition of insurers led by the Health Insurance Association of America.

5.  But in that effort, these companies face formidable opposition from other energy companies and trade groups fighting any limits.

6.  But the plan faces formidable opposition.

7.  But when economic hardships and simmering discontent fueled the rise of a formidable opposition party three years ago, Mugabe turned against many of his own people.

8.  Conservatives have wanted to codify the Beck decision into law but faced formidable opposition.

9.  Despite formidable political opposition, proponents of vouchers in other states are pushing ahead for their own programs.

10.  For instance, in the Navy, so the story explains, the plan to develop unmanned bombers ran into the formidable opposition of the carrier admirals.