They can deal with difficult environments like pressure, heat and radiation.
In this difficult environment, Mr. Cullen — like the bank's former president, his father, L. E. Cullen — occupies a paternal, if not quite paternalistic, position: a well-to-do man who is sufficiently familiar with the local economy that he does not use credit scores when handing out a loan.
"However, if the present difficult environment continues, the achievement of this target could be delayed".
Prices on refined products haven't kept up, creating a difficult environment for refiners like Valero Energy, which has seen shares drop more than 20% since the beginning of the year.
While any investment in politically and socially difficult environments brings risk, the approaches of companies like Gap suggest there may be a way forward for businesses looking to realize economic opportunities without raising ethical concerns.
Gather Together, like much of African-American literature, depicts Rita's search for self-discovery, identity, and dignity in the difficult environment of racism, and how she, like other African Americans, were able to rise above it.
"This is positive movement in a difficult environment," said Donald Cogsville, president of the Cogsville Group.
The horses are "courageous, tenacious and overcome the difficult environment," a YouTube song about them says.
Despite the difficult environment, his firm, Cape Advisors Inc., refinanced its construction loans in September, he said.
MTC management acknowledges the difficult environment.
