In Connecticut, the GOP has attacked Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy for his union support, saying it will make it hard for him to make big cuts to the state's budget.
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"But even if we upgraded those systems, the lack of a really effective vaccine, the lack of better and faster drugs that shorten treatment to a reasonable time and the lack of good drugs for treating resistant disease -- make it hard for any health care system to effectively deal with the disease, " he said.
For example, strict employment-protection laws make it hard for workers who lose their jobs to find new ones.
Pensions, for example, are also big business for the City, yet variations in tax treatment between countries make it hard for British firms to capitalise on their expertise abroad.
This is because restrictions on foreign ownership make it hard for foreigners to buy local stations and networks, and because cultural differences make it useful to have a local guide.
Since the unsecured overnight rate has been the principal policy lever for central banks, this development could, the BIS warns, make it hard for them to rein in inflation in the future.
The IRS diploma database would settle the matter--and make it hard for bad schools to survive.
And the city's mounting debts will make it hard for his successor to improve things.
Two things in particular make it hard for the government to follow market-oriented policies.
Hopefully I'll do well enough to make it hard for Oxford to send me back.
Tightly regulated capital can also make it hard for small firms to raise money to expand.
In fact, a minimum wage would make it hard for firms in low-wage industries to survive.
Such borrowing costs, if sustained, would make it hard for both countries to rein in their debts.
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Hopefully, it will be loud and the fans will make it hard for him (to call plays).
The austerity needed to stabilise their public finances will make it hard for them to climb out.
That will make it hard for a victim pressing charges to get corroborating evidence from other testimonies.
Leroy lost a hand and those wounds in his legs sometimes make it hard for him to stand.
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It's not that the Peruvian, or any government, sets out to make life hard for its poor people.
But the hobbled financial system will make it hard for cash-hungry start-ups to get financing, so innovation will suffer.
Simonek says the acquisition will make it hard for remaining Silicon Valley CIGS startups like Nanosolar to remain independent.
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Two particular features of products delivered over telecommunication networks will make it hard for the taxman to catch tax dodgers.
Rising interest rates or an economic slowdown could make it hard for companies and, especially, consumers to pay off their debts.
Beware that the design of the case may make it hard for the dock connector to connect with some docking stations.
"These boys take the bull by the horns and make it hard for those guys when they come back, " said Lineen.
My colleague Patrick Rishe predicts that the incident will make it hard for New Orleans to host another Super Bowl.
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If you make it hard for foreigners to do business in your country they will move to more business friendly shores.
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Controls on access to dollars and negative real interest rates make it hard for the middle class to travel or save.
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Many factories operate at half capacity because strict currency controls make it hard for them to pay for imported parts and materials.
Low valuations make it hard for banks to raise the capital that would allow them to lend more, as politicians would like.
The law and related court rulings make it hard for officials to undermine existing districts in which minority groups hold a majority.
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