Highland Council said in January that the building work had been a welcome boost during difficult times in the construction trade.
Their first-quarter earnings showed that they can generate huge amounts of money in even the most difficult times.
Mentors reminded me the value of my education and kept me in school during the most difficult times of my education.
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And of course the other, more important debate, happening outside of the rarefied halls of the science establishment is whether in these difficult economic times the large injection of funding for science can continue.
In my experience, most companies were sensitive to this issue and demonstrated at least some restraint toward compensation whether motivated by the harsh economic realities in their own companies or by the unseemliness of personally prospering in difficult times.
In these difficult times - the American people aren't afraid to face difficult choices.
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That will not be in Ofcom's gift and persuading the Treasury to forego part of the auction proceeds in these difficult times will be a challenge.
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman said Lord Hall was an "excellent choice... the right person to bring stability to the BBC in these difficult times".
Announcing the initiative, Mr Cameron said the economy was in "very difficult times" and he wanted to call on the "top talent" available to guide the Conservatives' thinking on key issues.
Button said making predictions about the order of the teams at the first race in Bahrain on 14 March was difficult because of the difficulty of reading the times in testing.
In the wake of Jobs untimely death the outpouring of grief reached proportions that seem difficult to explain in normal times (it was the lead story even in places as far afield as India).
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They bring us comfort in good times and, perhaps especially, in difficult times in our own lives and in the life of our nation.
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Acme whistles have been made in Birmingham since 1870 and even in these difficult financial times the company is still going strong.
On his blog Mr Prescott questioned Ms Harman's loyalty in such difficult times for the Labour government, telling her to "stop complaining and get campaigning".
Since the beginning, the need for mentoring has remained strong because, we know, every child can benefit from a mentor guiding them through the difficult times in life.
"These difficult times in the market do not make it easy to look yourself in the face in the morning, " says DeCode (nasdaq: DCGN - news - people ) Chief Executive Kari Stefansson , a proud and imposing scientist with the build of a basketball player.
Other proposals in the party's discussion paper, New Priorities in Difficult Times, include selling off a city centre car park in Belfast's High Street to raise funds.
"We've looked very closely at the pressures facing families in these difficult times, " said Anne Western.
It's quite challenging in the retail market and these are difficult times on the high street.
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In difficult times like this the only option is to regroup and review their strategy going forward.
That's why it's so important that we help small business struggling to stay open, or struggling to open in the first place, during these difficult times.
Lincoln successfully cobbled together a team of divergent (even opposing) opinions to form a cabinet composed of the men he defeated in the Republican primary, as well as a few Democrats, that ultimately helped him lead the country through one of the most difficult times in American history.
Dr Mahathir's motives in seeking an early poll are not hard to grasp: with the economy in a bad way, he wants a fresh mandate before the difficult times ahead.
Secretary moms, out of work and feeling the burden of difficult times, may be turning toward a Democrat in the hopes of giving everyone a better chance to escape this mess.
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Although the 2011 changes are a welcome loosening of IRS collection rules it is in no way certain that they will result in reduced enforced collection measures by the IRS. The bad economic times have placed more people in the position where it is difficult to timely pay their tax obligations.
"Here in New York we know firsthand the devastation and pain caused by natural disasters, and in difficult times like these we, more than ever, stand with our fellow Americans, " Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Tuesday.
We believe that our fundamental freedoms must not be changed by the difficult times we live in.
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We know that America is great because we have the ability and the passion to come together in difficult times.
"I have always appreciated and valued his friendship and good counsel particularly at difficult and sensitive times in the peace process, " the Taoiseach added.
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Ford governed in difficult economic times -- the nation was hit by the twin shock of inflation and unemployment, which came to be known as stagflation.
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