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Local leaders met with Jessen and together determined that it would be difficult for him to serve as an effective leader in that position. – Eric Hawkins	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It’s a difficult position to be in, you want to set the record straight. – James Mitchell	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There were no easy answers, and whatever your views are on [enhanced interrogation techniques], our nation and in particular this agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country strong and secured. – John Brennan	Found on CNN 9 years ago
They have fought him his entire term and a half now, and there's so many of them now, it's going to be very difficult for (Obama) to work with them when there are so many of them versus so few of his party. – Tamara Watson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Many people died of malaria and black fever when they were building because of the difficult terrain and there were no medical facilities resulting (in) many deaths, they had to take risks coming to this place. – Komal Shah	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Feinstein has been known throughout her Senate career as conciliator, someone who can bring together warring parties to find common ground on difficult issues, but there are certain issues on which she doesn't compromise and she digs in and fights. – Dan Schnur	Found on CNN 9 years ago
You have to say that the scope and scale of these allegations takes it beyond simply a competitor deciding to step beyond the moral boundary, the very fact that the allegations are in the public domain means that they are serious. So, we have to be very clear that this is a very, very difficult time for our sport. – Sebastian Coe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am calling on and begging the Greek people and wise political parties of the country: now that we have eaten the donkey and almost all its tail and we only have a small part - a difficult bit at the end - to offer their help so that we won't get into a new adventure. – Evangelos Venizelos	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
As long as the central focus of U.S. policy in the region remains on ISIL and Iran, as it should, it will be extremely difficult to fashion a new coalition to attempt to right the course in Libya. – Ben Fishman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They are very serious allegations, the very fact that the allegations are in the public domain means that they are serious. So, we have to be very clear that this is a very, very difficult time for our sport. – Sebastian Coe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's never been a more difficult time to navigate financial markets than where we are today. – Frank Porcelli	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
European countries must share responsibility, it's difficult to continue saying you shouldn't close borders if we don't do more to bring refugees here. – Ana Fontal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our country’s experience makes our work here (in Lima) so much more meaningful, as this is no longer just a job for us but a fight for our survival and the future of our nation, we hope that the Philippine experience, no matter how difficult, can help unite all nations to take more concrete actions on climate change. – Mary Ann Lucille Sering	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
One thing we really learned from the study was how to focus, by focusing the challenge on the distractions and by making the distractions more difficult, we could really change how the brain responds to distractions. – Jyoti Mishra	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's better to evacuate early...We don't want to experience what we went through during Yolanda, it was difficult to save our family and ourselves because we moved too late. – Gigi Calne	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They use (stimulus) as a stick. Every time they get a bad number or are worried about the European economy they threaten more QE but it's very difficult to implement. – Bruce Bittles	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In the span of two weeks, this nation seems to have heard one message loud and clear: there will be no accountability for taking Black lives. As an American, it is growing increasingly difficult to believe that there is justice for all, black lives do matter and our lives do hold value. – Marcia Fudge	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I lost my best friend eight months ago. She killed herself to save her friends and the injured around her, these are the difficult moments that we live, but I told you we gain strength from these martyrs. They are difficult moments that make you do more to avenge their death to make her dreams come true. The road she began, you finish. – Meedya Raqqa	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I do feel like that person admitting in that context it shows a recognition of what they have done is wrong, and a willingness to improve, i think we are trying to balance the rights of the individual who is being accused as well as the rights of the complainant and sometimes that is very difficult. – Nicole Eramo	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think we are trying to balance the rights of the individual who is being accused as well as the rights of the complainant and sometimes that is very difficult. – Nicole Eramo	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think they understand that it's going to be difficult to take meaningful action as long as we got Democrat control of the Senate. – John Boehner	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think they understand that it's going to be difficult to take meaningful action as long as we've got Democratic control of the Senate, frankly, we have limited options, limited ability to deal with it directly. – John Boehner	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's difficult to see anything happening to strengthen oil before the end of the year. – Gavin Graham	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
BP shares have rallied on the back of enthusiastic buying on talk of Shell's interest in the company, but it seems difficult to believe that Shell would make such a big acquisition at this difficult time for the oil market. – Chris Beauchamp	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Local leaders met with Jessen and together determined that it would be difficult for him to serve as an effective leader in that position.

– Eric Hawkins

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It’s a difficult position to be in, you want to set the record straight.

– James Mitchell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There were no easy answers, and whatever your views are on [enhanced interrogation techniques], our nation and in particular this agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country strong and secured.

– John Brennan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

They have fought him his entire term and a half now, and there's so many of them now, it's going to be very difficult for (Obama) to work with them when there are so many of them versus so few of his party.

– Tamara Watson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Many people died of malaria and black fever when they were building because of the difficult terrain and there were no medical facilities resulting (in) many deaths, they had to take risks coming to this place.

– Komal Shah

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Feinstein has been known throughout her Senate career as conciliator, someone who can bring together warring parties to find common ground on difficult issues, but there are certain issues on which she doesn't compromise and she digs in and fights.

– Dan Schnur

Found on CNN
9 years ago

You have to say that the scope and scale of these allegations takes it beyond simply a competitor deciding to step beyond the moral boundary, the very fact that the allegations are in the public domain means that they are serious. So, we have to be very clear that this is a very, very difficult time for our sport.

– Sebastian Coe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am calling on and begging the Greek people and wise political parties of the country: now that we have eaten the donkey and almost all its tail and we only have a small part - a difficult bit at the end - to offer their help so that we won't get into a new adventure.

– Evangelos Venizelos

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

As long as the central focus of U.S. policy in the region remains on ISIL and Iran, as it should, it will be extremely difficult to fashion a new coalition to attempt to right the course in Libya.

– Ben Fishman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They are very serious allegations, the very fact that the allegations are in the public domain means that they are serious. So, we have to be very clear that this is a very, very difficult time for our sport.

– Sebastian Coe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There's never been a more difficult time to navigate financial markets than where we are today.

– Frank Porcelli

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

European countries must share responsibility, it's difficult to continue saying you shouldn't close borders if we don't do more to bring refugees here.

– Ana Fontal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Our country’s experience makes our work here (in Lima) so much more meaningful, as this is no longer just a job for us but a fight for our survival and the future of our nation, we hope that the Philippine experience, no matter how difficult, can help unite all nations to take more concrete actions on climate change.

– Mary Ann Lucille Sering

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

One thing we really learned from the study was how to focus, by focusing the challenge on the distractions and by making the distractions more difficult, we could really change how the brain responds to distractions.

– Jyoti Mishra

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's better to evacuate early...We don't want to experience what we went through during Yolanda, it was difficult to save our family and ourselves because we moved too late.

– Gigi Calne

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They use (stimulus) as a stick. Every time they get a bad number or are worried about the European economy they threaten more QE but it's very difficult to implement.

– Bruce Bittles

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In the span of two weeks, this nation seems to have heard one message loud and clear: there will be no accountability for taking Black lives. As an American, it is growing increasingly difficult to believe that there is justice for all, black lives do matter and our lives do hold value.

– Marcia Fudge

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I lost my best friend eight months ago. She killed herself to save her friends and the injured around her, these are the difficult moments that we live, but I told you we gain strength from these martyrs. They are difficult moments that make you do more to avenge their death to make her dreams come true. The road she began, you finish.

– Meedya Raqqa

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I do feel like that person admitting in that context it shows a recognition of what they have done is wrong, and a willingness to improve, i think we are trying to balance the rights of the individual who is being accused as well as the rights of the complainant and sometimes that is very difficult.

– Nicole Eramo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think we are trying to balance the rights of the individual who is being accused as well as the rights of the complainant and sometimes that is very difficult.

– Nicole Eramo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think they understand that it's going to be difficult to take meaningful action as long as we got Democrat control of the Senate.

– John Boehner

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think they understand that it's going to be difficult to take meaningful action as long as we've got Democratic control of the Senate, frankly, we have limited options, limited ability to deal with it directly.

– John Boehner

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's difficult to see anything happening to strengthen oil before the end of the year.

– Gavin Graham

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

BP shares have rallied on the back of enthusiastic buying on talk of Shell's interest in the company, but it seems difficult to believe that Shell would make such a big acquisition at this difficult time for the oil market.

– Chris Beauchamp

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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