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...need to end the violence in Northern Ireland." The package sailed through the House without a glitch, and is expected to win approval in the Senate, where its sponsors are two other experienced Irish pols, Edward Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The Administration is finding the road much bumpier for the rest of its $16.2 billion foreign aid package for fiscal year 1987, which many lawmakers regard as an exorbitant expenditure in the era of Gramm-Rudman. FEMINISM Back to The Streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Mar 24, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...many, the road to the market is bumpier than expected. Consider the case of Joan Allen, 51, a free-lance television producer in Baltimore, Md., who decided to sell her popular dense, mousselike brownies after her job opportunities were severely curtailed during the post-9/11 recession. Faced with creating her brownie large-batch formula, she quickly discovered that she didn't have the slightest clue about how to work with commercial-grade liquid eggs. After that, two arrangements for using commercial kitchens eventually fell apart before she entered into her current agreement with Louise's Bakery in Baltimore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foodies Gone Wild | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...turf was dry and stitched in some areas and played bumpier than most fields,” said Ahn, who handles the stick stop on Harvard’s penalty corners. “I found it hard to stop [the ball...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Field Hockey Blanks Columbia, Awaits Tuesday’s NCAA Tournament Decision | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...long, leisurely trip to Barcelona that I'd been dreaming about. But before I could take that journey, I had to embark on another--a crash course in retirement finances and a quest for an adviser I could trust to help set up my retirement portfolio. My journey was bumpier than expected. And I arrived only after gaining a painful education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: The Money Trail | 8/18/2003 | See Source »

...dealer will happily upgrade the standard 17-in. wheels on an SUV to 22- or even 24-in. rims, which often requires shaving off part of the wheel well. Plus-size rims have to be paired with thinner tires, which means the ride gets bumpier, the braking distance increases and the turning radius is diminished. "Instead of making a three-point turn, you might have to do a 16-point turn," says John Jarasa, editor of Dub, one of a handful of magazines that have sprung up in the past three years to showcase celebrities with big wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Parts: Hot Wheels | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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