Google, forcing it to fight an uphill battle to win over subscribers, with its user base currently in decline.

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Putting all its chips on its new operating system, BlackBerry has had to fight an uphill battle to get investors to back them.

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Scientists predicting devastation resulting from the highway hope this issue gets the international attention it needs for the Serengeti to fight an uphill battle.

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Palm, once the king of the handheld device market, has had to fight an uphill battle against both RIMM and AAPL to regain a foothold.

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Two years after the Madoff scandal, financial advisors and their clients find themselves at a crossroads with respect to hedge funds of funds, even as this industry continues to fight an uphill battle to regain investor trust.

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All told, while we may be approaching a tipping point, and while we can hope for a more amenable Obama Administration in his second term in office, the fight remains an uphill battle.

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