These political and economic difficulties helped the fundamentalist Refah party later win the largest share of the vote in 1995.

The two had an acrimonious relationship and their difficulties helped lead to Rodriguez's departure.

But the difficulties faced by airlines after 9/11 have not helped, he said.

Washington's recent difficulty in maintaining fiscal restraint has not helped matters.

A good many music critics did not find the occasion auspicious, and mechanical difficulties on the new stage didn't help matters.

The aliens' difficulties in that regard had helped the Jews spirit the two of them away from right under their snouts.

Rogers's continuing difficulties helped underline a growing problem for the Yankees.

Still, the difficulty in resolving these complaints has helped fuel a drive in Congress to ban the paperless machines.

He has also looked into ways to help identify those having difficulties reading and ways to help them improve.

Whether the difficulty of proving intent helps other defendants remains to be seen, of course, and every case is different.