41.   Analysts said recent fluctuations in crude oil imports make it hard to determine whether inventories will rise or fall.

42.   Analysts say the mud-slinging in New Hampshire will make it hard for the GOP to win in November.

43.   Analysts say that burden could make it hard for some weaker banks to find ready sources of funds.

44.   And all those drawings are two-dimensional, making it hard to visualize them accurately.

45.   And Hershey is making it hard to miss the treats because it is aggressively promoting them on network television in various time slots and in national magazines and newspapers.

46.   And Maryland is union friendly, while Virginia, like Texas, is a right-to-work state that makes life hard for organized labor.

47.   And that has made it hard for the school, where three-quarters of the girls are Masai, and its headmistress, Priscilla Nangurai.

48.   And it makes it hard to get the proper range of flavors in each bite.

49.   And the terrain made it hard to fully seal the shelters and keep superheated air out.

50.   And that was precisely what made it so hard for them to speak up for so many years.