When in New York, he can be found hard at it with his team of helpers in his Manhattan studio or at a foundry, seven days a week.
William Weld, the most recent governor, a Republican, regularly suggested bringing back the death penalty, but, true to form, could never be bothered to work too hard at it.
If a Comanche does get spotted, it will be hard to hit: It flies backwards and sideways at 80 knots, and its digital display gives the pilot specific maneuvers to avoid missiles.
That seems like simple advice, but it can be hard at times.
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Still, several analysts said, even though the physical demand has held up so far, it may be hard for it to keep growing at a time of historically high prices.
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But all this is combining to push up prices to levels at which it may be hard for private-equity firms to sell their acquisitions profitably.
The Internet may not be about to take over, but at these prices, it's hard to imagine how a PC vendor can be a sales leader without an Internet distribution strategy.
Like all addictions, I have been amazed at how hard it can be to control.
And even if there were, it might be hard to take at face value because of a phenomenon known as "schedule padding".
The cost of the potential verdict could be huge--but it is hard to guess at, given the cases that have so far gone to trial.
It's actually all starting to sound a little bit like Firestone, but given the sheer quantity of phones HTC produces, we wouldn't put it past 'em to be hard at work at several Snapdragon-powered phones with virtually identical specs right now, possibly with different markets in mind.
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As I have pointed out here before, if the Debt Management Office hadn't done quite such a brilliant job in borrowing for long maturities - such that the average maturity of UK debt is just under 14 years - the UK might well be like Italy in finding it very hard to borrow at any price right now.
"It's always going to be hard at first because you're diverting away from something you've always done, " Smith said.
Worryingly, they also appear not to have been audited by specialists in line with the highest standards for voluntary credits, says John Romankiewicz at NEF: it is hard to be sure, for example, that people really rode their bikes to work during the Olympics rather than jumping in taxis.
At first I thought it might actually be too hard for my poor Monk.
It could be, though it is hard to imagine the many groups now at each other's throats united behind him.
And so, unless we had 60 votes in the Senate at any given time, it would be very hard for us to move this forward.
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Michael Gerson, a former Bush speechwriter who's credited with making Darfur a priority at the White House, says it will be hard to make such a force effective.
"If you don't design privacy in at the architectural level, it can be devilishly hard to deal with later, " says Jules Polonetsky of the Future of Privacy Forum.
Americans will be hard pressed to support freedom elsewhere if they do not protect it at home.
It can be hard if your social media practice is at work and you lack confidence in some element of the brand or product.
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Either way, it will be hard for a party that is chafing at the spending limits to push, credibly, for a big tax cut.
Eric Boyd, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago, said it may be hard for states to convince a judge that companies' carbon dioxide emissions should be curbed if the federal government does not regulate the gas.
You cannot be afraid to take a long hard look at what you are doing and chuck it all out the window, if necessary.
While it might be hard to see that persistent quest for beauty at work in Sorger's basement bike shop, there is a certain elegance to its austerity.
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"There has to be an understanding that when we have players at international level it is hard for them to come back immediately and kick-stark, " he said.
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In the current international climate it is hard to see how all these issues could be resolved at the September meeting.
Parents expect that united front, she says, even though it may be a little hard for them to get used to at first.
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If Johnston beats back the assault from Wal-Mart, it will be hard to know whether sales motivation or better throughput at the warehouses is doing the trick.
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