21.   Balancing the budget in the next century will be exponentially more difficult as spending on entitlement programs grows.

22.   Breaking out of a slump is not as difficult as breaking away from the monotony.

23.   A new computer may sometimes seem as difficult as a new baby, but there are differences.

24.   A lonely exercise, yes, but not as difficult as you might think.

25.   A spelling game becames more difficult as the child improves with the word list he or she is working.

26.   Additionally, the building products market in Australia remained difficult as new housing construction declined for the past five quarters, Faraci said.

27.   Almost as difficult as imagining the national milestone would ever come.

28.   Almost as difficult as plucking the player away from friends and fans is coming up with questions that will avoid one-word answers.

29.   All of the cast are terrific and bring a wonderful sense of humanity and complexity to roles that get darker and more difficult as the film progresses.

30.   But as difficult as their situation may be, she and other widows said they felt blessed to have their babies, now more than ever.