31.   Buchanan continues to say that he would have a harder time endorsing Dole than he did endorsing Bush, partly because Dole attacked him as extreme.

32.   But after falling on hard times at home, the Moscow Circus fell on harder times in Orlando.

33.   But anybody with a schedule in his pocket knew harder times lay ahead.

34.   But because women tend to earn less during their working years than their male counterparts, they often have a harder time putting money away.

35.   But competitors think Lee is going to have a harder time in the Internet venture world, where other big firms already have established Web investing reputations.

36.   But Carrey has known harder times than many.

37.   But defense experts will have a harder time proving she is insane.

38.   But economists fear that by indexing inflation in this way, Mexico would have a harder time bringing rates back down.

39.   But foreign oil companies with interests here, like BP and ExxonMobil, have had a harder time, with new production set back by legal and tax difficulties.

40.   But he had a harder time choosing among accomplishments, talking about trade, civil rights, poverty, Medicare and House rules changes.