Nations in every part of the world have traveled this difficult path.

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The knowledge and wisdom we acquired through this long and difficult path toward recovery are valuable resources, which will help us improve future management.

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The reason why these common-sense provisions aren't law already is because they are difficult, and there is no question that the path to 60 in this case is difficult, but it is not unachievable.

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Now, having started on this path, it is difficult to see how it can be reversed without Saddam clearly winning the whole game.

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This means that HP must follow the difficult rather than the easy path to success, stop trying to acquire other technology companies, as previous leaderships did, and as Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has been doing.

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But the fact that the Fed failed to announce nominal income growth as its official target (focusing instead on interest and inflation rates) made it more difficult for the Fed to keep the economy on this path during the financial crisis.

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And it remains our hope that they choose this path, even as we are clear-eyed and vigilant about the difficult challenges ahead.

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