1.  After the game, Ashburn railed against the umpires, and a reporter said tactfully that it was a tough way to lose a ball game.

2.  But lung cancer is a tough way to go, even for an old cowboy.

3.  But sharing the stage with Gingrich is a tough way to make a living.

4.  But the Clinton administration, in other ways tough on the tobacco industry, is nervous about raising taxes and so far has been silent on this measure.

5.  But trying to fight an enemy who does not wish to be found is a tough way to win a war.

6.  But this was a tough way to lose, and it hurts.

7.  Cold days and mostly tough ways down the mountain.

8.  Hammering your way through a hard eggshell with an underdeveloped rubbery beak is a tough way to break into the world.

9.  It is, as ever, a tough way to live.

10.  It was a tough way to make a living.