"We have an even more difficult year ahead of us."

It took him seven long and difficult years to find out where he was going wrong.

On the foreign policy front, it looks like another difficult year.

But I understand that this is a very difficult year.

He saw the organization through some of its most difficult years.

This comes after a difficult year for the city in Washington.

This, I know, has been a difficult year for many families.

He has had a difficult year both on and off the course.

She was the one person in the world who made the big difference during the difficult years.

We have a few difficult years behind us, particularly where Iraq is concerned.