Like the Obama Administration, Japan's new government ran hard against its predecessor's policies and put many of them under review when it took office.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

And the economy has been hit hard by the fall in the price of diamonds which make up one-third of its gross domestic product.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

American accusations that its allies are not pulling their weight hit hard in France.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Because if you just have random bones lying around, it's hard for someone to come in and look at it and understand what the animal looked like in its entirety.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

"Iraq's future is in the hands of its own people, and Iraq's leaders must now make some hard choices necessary to resolve key political questions, to advance opportunity and to provide security for their towns and their cities,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

Rural areas are largely untapped. "So the government needs to work hard to diversify its export commodities, export products, add more value by processing more, let's say agriculture production in the country and thereby create more jobs to help the economy grow faster."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02