It is not hard to come up with ideas for cuts, just as it is not hard to find things to privatise.
As for Fatah, it is hard not to feel sorry for Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas these days.
It is hard not to feel nostalgic for the days when Computer.com (a website for novice users of technology) was able to spend 60% of its seed funding on a 90-second ad during the 2000 Superbowl.
It is a most intense world indeed that a hard drinker builds around himself, and it is difficult for him not to assume that everyone else in the place is involved with it.
It is hard not to feel some sympathy for the man in the middle.
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Despite abundant evidence of political irresponsibility, it is hard not to feel some sympathy for Argentina.
It is hard not to feel some sympathy for Ed Richards, chief executive of the U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom.
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The answer to addiction is not a demand for self sufficiency, it is the personal support on the hard road to recovery.
Add all this together and it is hard for a free-trader not to worry.
For example, it is not hard to imagine a Cuban Vladimir Putin emerging from the army or the security services.
If so, then it is hard to see why computers should not be recognised for good work as well.
As a woman, hearing this, it is hard not to wonder if we are counted out for certain jobs, certain opportunities, because we do have a family or because we are in our child-bearing years.
It is nonetheless not hard to see why so many people are rooting for her.
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But since its members do not agree on policy towards Iraq, it is hard for them to make anything clear.
For outsiders though, it is hard not to wonder whether an icy swim simply replaces a Guinness-induced headache with a different kind of pain.
The 1GB of integrated flash memory is a nice touch, but it's not a substitute for the complete inabilty to access the laptop's hard drive when the unit is off or in sleep mode.
Even Mr Cameron must find it hard to be optimistic about that prospect: Mr Putin is not famed for his openness.
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The investment climate is not just a barrier for die-hard entrepreneurs, it stops people like me from striking out on our own.
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In the more stable south, it is clear that a direct poll for the national assembly would not be as hard as Mr Bremer has claimed.
Given China's immense size, strong growth and the expanding global footprint of its big companies, it is not hard to imagine the country one day overtaking America as the biggest market for corporate jets.
But marine energy will not be competitive with wind for many years, and it is hard to see why, having missed the opportunity to build wind turbines, Britain's factory-owners will be more adroit when it comes to ocean power.
It is extremely hard for UK citizens to get into orbit because the government does not fund manned space activity.
Having set prices for the work required to get stuff, it is not to hard to set prices to rent stuff to each other.
"I know it is hard for people to accept that I am playing for Yorkshire, and not England, " he said.
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It is hard to imagine that the debate would have ended like this had it not been for the sheer speed of the change.
As disappointing as this news might be to some investors, it is hard to fault the company for opting to abandon a business that has not produced its expected rate of returns.
It is not hard to imagine some combination of private insurance, public coverage, and a safety net for the very poor.
Featuring songs like It's Hard To Hitch Down Life's Highway With No Thumbs, it is not for the faint-hearted and sidesteps political correctness.
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