But more often, it's a month of challenging conditions — four weeks of frigid wind, snow, and frozen turf.
But after a month of momentum, he was challenged by Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, an ally of President Barack Obama with a solid record at the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the Labor Department.
Despite that Q1 high, it had prepared investors for a Q2 slowdown — warning in April of challenging conditions ahead, citing weakness in the display panel segment and a decline in profitability on the mobile side, amid rising competition in the high-end smartphone segment.
Sir George Young, the shadow leader of the Commons, had his cleaner's bill of £25 a month challenged by Commons officials because the MP's claim was not backed by a receipt, as anything above £25 – previously £250 – must now be.
Leo Apotheker, who became chief executive of H.P. in November, faces a set of challenges and choices that are highlighted -- certainly from an investment perspective -- in a report this week by Morgan Stanley.
Previous studies of non-invasive depth-resolved blood oxygenation measurements using intensity based spectral OCT revealed a number of challenges due to the scattering properties of blood including multiple scattering [ 35], highly forward scattering by RBC's [ 36], Brownian movement of the scattering centers [ 37– 39] and blood sedimentation in phantoms [ 40].
It doesn't erase the month-to-month challenges of making ends meet on meager wages; nonetheless, the size of the refund makes dreams of a middle-class life feel more tangible.
The confluence of crises hit Washington at the opening of a month already overwhelmed with challenges.
He said: "In its judgment last month, the Supreme Court dismissed a number of challenges to the named person policy and described its aims as 'unquestionably legitimate and benign'.
The first month of the challenge was almost fun as I settled into a routine of preparing meals and calculating cycle routes.
Hugo award-winning American author Mary Robinette Kowal has also been "stunned" by the amount of interest in her Month of Letters Challenge, which launches today and calls on participants to send a letter almost every day throughout February.
