There's always Veuve to begin, in memory of Elaine, and Beaumes de Venise to finish, but this year I hit a wall.

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"Every time I try to talk to somebody I hit a brick wall, " McCabe said.

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This problem will become much more acute with the introduction of the requirement for a HIPS on smaller properties and I believe that new marketing instructions will hit a brick wall in December 07.

BBC: Hips have split opinion over whether or not they are needed

As I got out to the blocks, everything from that point on became a blur up until the point when I hit the wall and turned to see my face on the big screen.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

"By the mid-'60s I had this great quartet and then hit a wall, " says Mr. Lloyd, explaining his period away from performing.

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This is -- look, I get that some on Wall Street got a little banged up in September of 2008 when the financial crisis hit.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

When the stapler hit the wall, I had been in the operating room for more than four hours, struggling to remove a diseased segment of colon from someone I'll call Mr. Baker, a 330-pound middle-aged man.

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For my part, I am convinced that we must find a way out of the conventional debates so that we do not simply hit a brick wall.

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