71.   Now, with demand for mobile phones waning, Philips and other smaller players are finding it harder to compete with the leaders, Nokia and Motorola.

72.   One potential problem is that newer communications companies will find it harder to compete as the North American economy slows and the companies will put off equipment purchases.

73.   Others have found it harder to forgive.

74.   Patients already find it harder to get a nurse to respond promptly when they call for help.

75.   Plus parents find it harder to sustain and transmit values like diligence or self-discipline to their adolescents.

76.   Predicting the turnout in midterm elections is never easy, but the professionals find it harder than ever this time.

77.   State Street Corp., the Boston bank that prides itself on a low profile, suddenly finds controversy harder to elude than a afternoon shadow.

78.   Some find it harder to swallow than others.

79.   Still, millions of working people, even those with college degrees, are finding it harder to hold onto what they already have.

80.   Taking pictures from space is undergoing a revolution, and governments are finding it harder to restrict the distribution of the snapshots they take.