Instead, important determining factors this season were "the show's cost -- which usually rises along with its age -- along with the difficulty of a time period, who owns the program, how intensely critics and fans feel about the series and, believe it or not, whether a network's executives like the show".
However, it would be churlish to dwell for too long on the probability of Atletico's future difficulties at a time like this, especially when they are now aiming for an unprecedented domestic and European double with Saturday's all-Madrid Champions League final against Real in Lisbon.
The deal is having difficulty at a time of growing scrutiny of Ping An, a conglomerate worth roughly $60 billion.
His program of reforms at home and abroad is not simply an answer to the difficulties of our time but also a call to Americans to believe once again in the greatness of the nation and the promise of American life.
Pettis's letters to his wife Annie describe the army posts, towns, and the difficulties of frontier duty in a time of limited communication and erratic pay.
Rather than invite the audience to think about the difficulties of democratic governance at a time of peril, the filmmakers promote passivity and hero-worship, offering not so much a Great Man Theory as a great man fetish.
A group of young lads with learning difficulties are having a whale of a time singing lustily along to "Let's Hear It For The Boy" by Deniece Williams.
A group of young men with learning difficulties are having a whale of a time singing lustily along to "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams.
It was the difficulty of finding work at a time of recession that had turned Mackintosh, one of Britain's most original architects, against his chosen profession.
But some commentators who say the government faced difficulties sorting intelligence in a time of war have noted that such reports were often uncertain, based on bits of information, educated guesses and accounts of witnesses with their own agendas.
Lacking a strong party, however, he could not cope with the urgent economic difficulties of the time.
