President Obama also spoke about the difficult time people in the Gulf area were going through as a result of the oil spill.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

He hoped this would unite the party and give him support in the difficult years ahead.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

Tina is shopping with Kevin, and they say the difficult economy forced them to Christmas shop a little differently this year, to save money.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

He was able to do this even in the difficult positions demanded by the part.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

But,he was unhappy in the Negro League because of the difficult life there.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Already, he was moving forward from victory to the difficult times ahead.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

He hoped he had made the country understand one thing: the great need to forget hatred and bitterness in the difficult time of re-building that would follow the war.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

"We also owe it to every single one of them to ask the difficult questions about what we are doing in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Approval switches the focus to the Senate, where Democrats face the difficult task of achieving a 60-seat majority to approve a version there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"We have not shied away from raising the difficult problems that exist and stand in the way of the people of Africa realizing their potential.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

And if one person dies, the other person may have a difficult time claiming the couple's money or property.

VOA: special.2011.05.23

One of the more difficult walks is an eight kilometer hike that is not for anyone afraid of high places.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

He felt that punishing Davis would only create more bitterness and make reconstruction the rebuilding of the South more difficult.

VOA: special.2010.01.14