Achieving EU unanimity for a Euro tax may be extremely difficult under normal conditions, but if the meltdown gets worse, the U.K. may acquiesce to Germany as a political move to keep Germany from opting out of the Euro bailouts.
But an upset would be a bit more difficult to stomach than normal, since Federer has already taken Miami and Monte Carlo off his calendar.
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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Some others try to invent new problems, with solutions that are difficult to understand and explain for normal users.
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Jill and I try to do our small part by hosting veterans at Thanksgiving, and spending Christmas Day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with some of those engaged in a new and incredibly difficult fight simply to return to normal life.
Another problem was the way Pfizer dosed the drug: It was difficult to convert a patient's normal insulin dose into a dosage of Exubera.
It's just that the banks are struggling with difficult markets and spluttering loan demand in a normal business downturn.
And indeed his defenders say that in Italian business circles it can be perfectly normal to set a jocular and relaxed tone before a difficult meeting, by discussing last night's football, or even teasing your colleagues about their love lives.
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Until its foreign policy is more unified, Russia will find it difficult to nourish trust and steadiness in its dealings with normal countries.
This was noteworthy, considering that mines are incredibly difficult places for reporters to get access to, even in normal circumstances.
Diagnosing mental illness in children can be difficult because young children often have trouble expressing their feelings and normal development varies from child to child.
Some newspaper commentators have claimed it is difficult for Alba to show it is doing this, as normal viewing figures are not available for the station.
Richard Mall received perhaps the greatest applause of the night, for his invention of the Matthews Max Menace Arm, a portable device which allows studio lights to be moved and positioned all over a set, often where normal lighting cannot be used because of on-site restrictions or other difficult conditions.
That might be difficult to show, since many companies use TARP money to conduct normal business operations, says Mertz.
What is needed, but is extremely difficult to develop, is a way to recognize the character of a virus and differentiate it from normal system activity.
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