It was hard to stand at the crossing when the temperature was -10 degrees.

  Every Tuesday morning, from 7:30-8:10, I have to stand at a crossing as a crossing guard. This morning, the temperature was -10 degrees Celsius, so it was hard to stand there for as long as 40 minutes.
  TV reports repeatedly stories about Kim Jong Il. It had been decided before Kim Jong Il's death that his third son, Kim Jong Un, would take over power from his father. But Kim Jong Il's death came so suddenly that it created more uncertainty about the stability of its new regime.