For example, Mr. Powell referred to the resolution of global megabanks without sufficiently emphasizing the inherent difficulties of cross-border resolution (see Pages 9-10 of his speech).
He said the "dangers and difficulties" of crossing swollen streams and rivers had been explained to them.
This problem reflects the general difficulties of cross-national comparative social inquiries [ 37].
The difficulties of cross-national comparisons include the lack of comparable data and cross-cultural differences in reference levels used in answering questions about health, response categories, and in health perceptions [ 21].
Maternal morbidity was found to be the most frequently applied indicator regarding fatal/undesirable outcome (not shown in table).> Some variability was identified in indicators ostensibly measuring the same intervention, highlighting the difficulties of cross-site comparison in maternity care.
Several implanted systems have been designed to locally deliver chemotherapeutic agents directly to the brain, bypassing difficulties of crossing the blood brain barrier by systemic administration.
If people come they tend to stay, because the cost and difficulty of crossing the border have increased so steeply.
No one disputes the difficulty of cross-country skiing, but even some of its participants acknowledge that it leans toward the geeky end of the sports spectrum.
Mario Villarreal, a Border Patrol spokesman in Washington, said the inflated smuggling fees were the result of the increased difficulty of crossing the Rio Grande after a huge expansion of border agents in the 1990's.
One route went from Mombasa to Kilimanjaro and Lake Victoria and then toward Mount Elgon, but this route was not as popular as the caravan trails farther south, both because of the difficulty of crossing the desert country of the Taru Plain and because of the hostility of the Maasai.
David Lang was represented by selections from two theater works — "I Had No Reason," a wrenching mezzo-soprano aria from "The Difficulty of Crossing a Field," sung affectingly by Carla Jablonski, and "I Found My Enemy's Ox," from "Lost Objects," sung by Ms. Dain and Ms. Worsham.
