But that's an uphill task with a raging Islamist insurgency responsible for bombings throughout the country.
Mr Wen has an uphill task in his remaining 17 months at the helm.
But more errors allowed Tipsarevic to race through the tie-breaker 7-3 and leave Murray with an uphill task.
The Spanish now face an uphill task to turn the tie around in Saturday's doubles and Sunday's reverse singles.
Nacho Monreal, a halftime substitute for Malaga, was then sent off with 15 minutes remaining to leave the visitor facing an uphill task.
The defeat leaves Leinster with two losses from their first four games and facing an uphill task to get out of their group.
The potential for change is clearly massive but weaning British motorists off liquid fuel will be an uphill task, as the authors acknowledge.
Leeds still face an uphill task if they are to make the final as Carlisle have the best home record in the division this season.
But getting women to act in the films remains an uphill task, and more ambitious filmmakers are now scouring neighbouring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for heroines.
However, Nokia faces an uphill task against the two well-entrenched ecosystems of Apple and Google to create a niche for itself and Microsoft.
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In contrast, this defeat is South Africa's first in 14 matches and leaves them facing an uphill task to secure a place in the last 16.
Europa League holders Atletico Madrid face an uphill task to stay in the competition after being beaten 2-0 at home by Russian side Rubin Kazan .
Gloucestershire still faced an uphill task and it became mountainous when Craig Spearman cut Lucas to point, Hodnett was caught behind and Kadeer Ali was trapped lbw.
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The result leaves England facing an uphill task to reach the final of the tournament which also includes Papua New Guinea and hot favourites Australia, who meet on Sunday.
Pereira, who had been needlessly booked for dissent, was shown his second yellow for a studs up challenge on Jon Obi Mikel to leave his side with an uphill task.
Coach Steve Meehan struck a pessimistic note prior to the match, stating plainly that his bulky Bath side faced an uphill task against a resurgent Ulster team backed by a hostile home crowd.
"No matter how good your idea is you need money to make it and with organizations like the now defunct UK Film Council, it was an uphill task getting green-lighted for productions, " said Emelonye.
United are now sitting pretty at the top of Group E and on course to qualify for the knockout stages, but Villarreal's win against Aalborg leaves Celtic with an uphill task to emerge from the group phase.
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Kessler, who has two defeats from 44 professional fights and was beaten in his first Super Six encounter on a technical decision after suffering cuts against Andre Ward, would face an uphill task to qualify were he to lose to Froch.
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Mostly though, it's a thankless task, an unending, uphill battle for Engadget, which ranges between 10 and 20, 000 comments per day.
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And Milan counterpart Leonardo admitted his side felt hard done by, leaving them an uphill - though not impossible, he said - task to make it through to the quarter-finals.
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