On the face of it, it is hard to imagine two countries with less cause for conflict.

Previous experience relating to displaced indigenous populations suggests that, if handled badly, the consequences can be disastrous both for the displaced population and the host community.

With a reformist regime in La Paz, it is difficult not to expect tensions with the Bush administration.

(In fact, many developing countries have learned this the hard way, but the lessons seem not to have crossed over to advanced countries.)

It is hard to believe that we are still talking about this 20 years later but we must.

That's hard to say.

Democracy and free enterprise appear to be mutually reinforcing it is hard to think of any flourishing democracy that is not a market economy.

It is difficult to translate a poem into another language.

It's hard to persuade Jonathan.

It is difficult to generalize.

It is difficult to step back at the time of a natural disaster to gain a broader perspective even attempting to do so can feel crass.

This problem is too difficult for me to solve.

We hardly ever see you around here.

It's hard being a parent.

Hard to believe, right?..

Yesterday was an indescribable day.

It is difficult to judge who is right, and there are important experts on both sides of the debate. But there do seem to be an uncomfortable number of similarities between the political economy of cyberspace regulation and of financial regulation.

It was difficult to remove the coffee stain.

It's going to be difficult for us to do that.

It is difficult to disagree with the protesters.

Hard to be Easing

But it s hard to break our habits, our adult habits.

It's difficult for them to understand that they're going to die.

One can hardly change one's point of view.

There are some things that are difficult to translate.

Now we get to the hard part.

The answer is not hard to find.

This is hard for Islamist parties to accept.

And seeing them makes it harder to deny their humanity.

It is difficult to make a credible forecast.

Now, it's hard to do. It's hard to translate a fish form, because they're so beautiful perfect into a building or object like this.

Turkey s Balancing Act

At the same time, China seems so drugged on business nowadays that it is hard to imagine many people marching for a cause that would do nothing for their bottom line.

What do we learn from this example? It s hard to say.

From this perspective, adjustment is hard to beat.

It is hard to believe it is almost Christmas.

It is difficult to translate a poem into another language.

That claim was even more far fetched.

The reason is not hard to fathom.

Is it difficult to rebuild an identity via external context?

It was difficult for observers to judge its actual membership.

In practice, it has been usually difficult to locate them.

This makes it difficult to link the obligation with a strict liability.

The second reason for waning attention to the proposed partnership speaks to a broader issue A seemingly endless stream of short term political dramas has made it extremely difficult for both Europe and the US to focus for long on any secular and structural initiative.

This Group in itself constitutes a microcosm of the Organization, and it has harnessed the political will and leadership of its members in order to put forward viable recommendations, including on those issues where general consensus appears difficult to achieve.