Because to lose confidence was to risk being pulled into the mind of the other, and having an exceptionally difficult time finding the way back.

To find a person buried in snow is exceptionally difficult.

But experts say it is exceptionally difficult to predict which way the company will go in this critical decision.

Even when amounts can be found, assessing their worth is exceptionally difficult.

These are families that have an exceptionally difficult time dealing with conflict and change.

Therefore, 2003 will be an exceptionally difficult year but we have started early enough to find the right kind of solutions.

And when there are fatal victims, the situation is exceptionally difficult.

The automotive industry has found itself in an exceptionally difficult situation because of the current economic crisis.

You quite rightly said that we find ourselves in an exceptionally difficult situation.

The last few years have been exceptionally difficult for Control Data.