91.   At the meeting with the mayors, the President also announced new steps to make it harder to launder drug money.

92.   At the same time, barring foreigners from access to forward markets can restrict investment by making it harder for foreign companies to hedge their foreign-exchange risk.

93.   At Hollywood Park, the teams would play on the same field, making it harder to separate their identities, experts said.

94.   At very least, this would make it harder for Washington to take credit for making omelets without acknowledging the need to break a lot of expensive eggs.

95.   At the very least, it makes it harder to press other governments to accept intrusive new checks for detecting clandestine bomb-making.

96.   Automakers fear any rate increase because higher interest rates make it harder for people to afford new cars and trucks, the payments commonly financed over several years.

97.   At the practical level, antiabortion violence makes it harder to choose abortion, to find it, to afford it.

98.   Banking stocks took a hit as higher rates also threaten to stifle demand for credit and make it harder for debtors to pay back loans.

99.   Bank, insurance and real estate stocks were also weak on concern that interest rates would rise and make it harder for them to make money.

100.   Bankers are also talking about becoming more cautious, making it harder for businesses to grow.