It was a difficult night - they came and they put bodies behind the ball.

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Marc-Andre Fleury stopped only 18 shots during a difficult night.

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It was a really difficult night.

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And indeed his defenders say that in Italian business circles it can be perfectly normal to set a jocular and relaxed tone before a difficult meeting, by discussing last night's football, or even teasing your colleagues about their love lives.

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It's a difficult strategy to stomach, and your night could be over in a hurry.

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There's hardly a shortage of bars in town, and on a warm summer's night it's difficult to resist the lure of the nearest free table and cold bottle.

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Nonetheless, Ryan Heber will be coping mentally with a difficult situation, his father said, adding his son slept little Thursday night.

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And the Lakers were like a bunch of shuffle-boarders, trailing on the scoreboard and the hardwood all night long as they trudged through the second game of a difficult back-to-back.

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