Today Wambugu, who lives and works in Nairobi, faces a different sort of obstacle.
Even in that group of uniformed schoolchildren leaving German school, there are black faces.
Plus, the airline faces new competition on its coveted Pacific routes, as China has opened its gates.
Around the sandy edge of the shore, the placid faces of moose peer out of the trees.
The plan faces an uphill battle in the Senate, and the White House has promised to veto.
Their faces appear in advertisements around the country, and star-spotting is a favourite pastime in Mumbai's posher establishments.
Despite its graceful, moss-swathed decay, the gate is undeniably imposing, its four giant bodhisattva faces staring beatifically out.
The distinctive birds are recognisable for their tailless body, red faces and legs and black and white underwing.
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Money manager Mario Gabelli faces a suit for allegedly putting in sham bids at auctions of wireless spectrum.
Cool that way, the gullible can at least protect their faces from harmful sun rays.
There are campaign promises and then there are the realities that the office holder faces.
J. picks out human faces, locates key features and calculates the dimensions of a person's skull.
Now her brother faces 14 years in jail on tax charges filed this month.
He now faces jail time for the forgery, and of course lost out on the loot.
New faces Quanta, Compal, Foxconn, MiTAC, Gigabyte turned up.
The old Europe, so attached to its social welfare programmes, faces an uncomfortable decade.
Seoul-based North Korea expert Han Byung Hoon says Kim Jong Il faces three tasks.
After disposing of the French fourth seed, Belgium's US Open champion now faces Anna-Lena Groenefeld.
He looked at us, eyes gliding up one row of faces, down the other.
Cool that way, the gullible can at least protect their faces from the sun.
And Tumblr faces a fundamental problem that starkly differentiates it from Facebook and Twitter.
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"I'm mad at myself, I was too trusting, " laments Vardiman, who now faces foreclosure.
It still faces the mother of all patent expirations next year, when Lipitor loses its protection.
Mr Ovenden, of Mount, Bodmin, faces nine charges of indecency with a child and indecent assault.
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Depardieu has been one of the quintessential faces of the French silver screen for decades.
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Today, Tides faces new competition from financial service providers getting into the philanthropy business.
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When she faces criticism, the knock is she's too pragmatic as often as too pushy.
Li Ning also faces tough competition from Nike at the higher end of the China market.
Five hours into the show, even the president glances at his watch, but faces sag.
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