1.   None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement.

2.   As an African-American, Thornton knows all too well the added difficulties minorities face in seeking transplants.

3.   A key problem for the government is the difficulty prosecutors face in keeping classified information from being exposed if they bring an indictment.

4.   Cobell points to her own case as an example of the difficulties Indians face in trying to determine what land they own and how much it is worth.

5.   Few would dispute the difficulty girls face holding onto positive self-images.

6.   In an insanity defense case, the major difficulty prosecutors face is the burden under state law of proving that a defendant was sane when he committed a crime.

7.   The case highlights the difficulty regulators face in barring firms from the securities business, even those with a pattern of disciplinary problems.

8.   The wave of kidnappings underscored the difficulty NATO peacekeepers face in trying to control revenge-minded KLA soldiers.

9.   To them, he is also an example of the difficulties Nigerians face in assimilating to the United States.

10.   What the senators heard Thursday illustrates the difficulty investigators face in making firm conclusions.