We live in difficult and challenging economic times, of course.

These have indeed been very challenging times for our Organization.

Indeed, we live in both challenging as well as exciting times.

At the best of times, traveling between Indonesia's many islands is challenging.

Tired diplomatic postures and ritual incantations are not what these challenging times demand.

These are grim economic times, fellow TEDsters, grim economic times indeed.

His courage and dedication to the cause of the Palestine refugees in extremely challenging times were an inspiration to us all.

And it's made today in these difficult economic times.

That was challenging.

You know the uni is the most challenging, so number ten is challenging.

In developing countries, it is said that good times are bad times for economic reform. Welcome to developing Europe.

In consequence of this, social and economic development is increasingly challenging for a developing nation shouldering a debt burden out of all proportion to our economic capacities.

Challenging gender based violence

Sustained economic growth is likely to become increasingly challenging, as donor aid for post conflict needs is being gradually phased out.

These are challenging times for Governments around the world since they need to respond to increasingly complex demands from their citizens and to significant changes in their global environments.

My delegation also wishes to express its appreciation for the tireless and dedicated efforts of the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, in leading the Organization in these challenging times.

121. Meeting our commitment to enhancing economic and social development, particularly in countries in the greatest need, is an increasingly challenging task.

This is challenging work to do.

It's not very challenging any more.

Something is very challenging to me.

None of this is meant to deny that we are living in challenging and uncertain times. But one thing is clear economically, at least, the world is continuing to become a better place.

Yet the outcome document, though certainly a codified and presumably consensual package, falls short of what is truly demanded by these extraordinary, challenging times in the first decade of the twenty first century.

Challenge and Response Thirty Years of the Economic Development Board, Singapore Times Academic Press.

Skepticism, because you must always be challenging.

DM She's very tough it's most challenging.

It's this immensely exciting and challenging problem.

That is an assumption that needs challenging.

My visit confirmed my earlier assessment that Lebanon remains committed to moving ahead with a challenging and important programme of political and socio economic reform.

There have been times of confrontation and times of partnership, times of protectiveness and times of openness. Seven years ago the walls of separation between the nations of East and West were torn down, creating opportunities for closer cooperation and economic integration.

There is some evidence, however, that the extent and impact of economic and financial crimes are increasing, although drawing conclusive arguments in this regard remains challenging.

In Japan, they say that sushi is challenging.

BC EDL is this immense, technically challenging problem.

However, the situation in Cité Soleil remains challenging.

Transporting wave generated electricity inland would be challenging.

There are no easy ways out of underdevelopment without challenging traditional lifestyles, customs, and social relations. Indeed, religions do not resist the pressures of economic change well.

I should like to say a special thank you to the interpreters, those faceless voices, whose task, at times, I must admit, I have mischievously tried to make more difficult but also, I hope, more challenging.

But deciphering the script is a very challenging task.

It's going to be very challenging to deal with.

The selection of indicators has proven to be challenging.

Women challenging these norms are punished by violent means.

There's something frightening but also challenging about this school.

First, Ms Chung noted that corporations could foster economic well being at certain times while at other times they could have negative impacts on the enjoyment of human rights.

Coherent programs to promote economic catch up are relatively straightforward. But the transition from follower to leader at the frontier of the innovation economy is more challenging and elusive.

They're challenging the very notion of Western models of development.

It's a very challenging task. But more to come later.