Mr Ryan said the only solution would be a multi-disciplinary approach, tackling not just the health problems associated with alcohol, but also the social difficulties that fuelled abuse.

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"I just wanted them to have an escape where they could get skills that would help them, but also just forget all the difficulties outside, " says Mussarat.

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But it is also because of the difficulties of running a campaign in Scotland's four-party politics.

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But we must also recognize that the difficulties facing this industry are due in no small part to the weaknesses in our economy as a whole.

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"Both sides in their discussions with the president and in the plenary session indicated that they fully understand the difficulties that face them over the next days but also the opportunity that's before them, " Mr Lockhart said.

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Cells made with monocrystalline wafers are more efficient at converting sunlight into electricity, but they also are more expensive because of the difficulties and cost of making the wafers.

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Mr Grubb shows why it is right to be concerned about such practical difficulties but also why they do not undermine the success of the Kyoto accord, which they take to be one of the great negotiating successes of the past half-century.

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It is impossible to overestimate the difficulties these countries will face, but there are also grounds for optimism.

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Alternatively, but also with major difficulties, one might depend on airborne or space-borne lasers to deposit enough energy on the missile's boost motor to destroy it before burnout.

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