But, as office manager she had the power to make my job easy or not -- and she chose not.
It is not easy, or has not been until recently, to create sympathetic figures out of white Rhodesian farmers.
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"Letting themselves be attracted by something quick or easy is not always the best, " she adds.
Shipping hundreds of thousands of vehicles weighing three or four tons each is not cheap or easy.
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The process is not easy or painless, but it is extremely effective in clearing away the rot so that new ventures can flourish.
But it is an important reminder that collaboration among authorities or between councils and other local services is not a quick or easy fix.
In fact, however convenient it would be to divide the region's ethnic-Albanian leaders into pacifists and warriors, or moderates and extremists, the distinction is not a neat or easy one.
"It's something that's draped and easy, not too complicated or tightfitting, " she says.
Yet, though widely supported, this reform will not be easy or quick, cautions Luis Moreno Ocampo, an anti-corruption campaigner.
End of life is not an easy or happy time and no one takes pleasure in making the decision of ending a life.
Getting into digital media and video games will not be easy or cheap, however, since every other big media company wants to do the same.
Lawsuits involving whether the person who died promised something are never easy for either side, because proving or disproving what the person said is not easy.
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The year 2013 will not be easy for investors, but it need not be traumatic or profitless.
Surveillances, especially mobile surveillances are not common or easy and only used for important investigations.
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Deciding exactly how British a company is or not is not easy.
Cracking down on women's rights has often been an easy way for governments, secular or not, to placate their more extreme allies or enemies.
Looking ahead, growth will not be easy, or cheap, as competition will only increase in an uncertain economic environment while the cost of content is rising.
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After all, our huge long-term corporate losses stem not from easy money or mark-to-market rules but largely from the incorrect short-term incentives that compensation plans give to key executives.
Inspiring trust is not slick or easy to fake.
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It is not easy to read thoughts or moods from their faces and bodies.
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Depressingly for football fans, it is not going to be easy or quick to change.
It is not so easy for Tsonga or Soderling to reach the final and win the tournament.
These are not particularly open or easy to get to places, but clearly they are areas we would like to develop.
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It may yet turn out that way, but so far, it has not been nearly as easy or straight forward as expected.
Such systems are not always easy to see or identify, Solomon said.
That society, or at least certain elements of society are eager for this quick, simple, easy solution, whether it actually works or not.
But empire-building in Eastern Europe is not necessarily cheap or easy.
The recovery will not be quick, easy or painless, but nonetheless the road out of trouble is a better path than the road down into yet worse times.
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