Today Wambugu, who lives and works in Nairobi, faces a different sort of obstacle.
But the town-by-town franchise licensing process remains the company s last, and most cumbersome, obstacle.
Despite the difficulties surrounding the election, neither analyst said Mr Havel's retirement was an insurmountable obstacle.
"The real obstacle is Nick Clegg and we can overcome that, " said Douglas Carswell.
The tactic worked, but margarine producers found a way around this obstacle, Dr Petrick recalls.
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Through consistent pressure to succeed, I learned that human connections were an obstacle and distraction.
But even that isn't as significant an obstacle as it might appear to be.
That is tough, admitting that you are your own largest obstacle in the quest for love.
Nasa has designed rovers that can thread their way through a Martian obstacle course.
The underlying obstacle to getting Saudis to work is that schools are not producing employable people.
This is a major obstacle for women scientists in terms of opportunities, learning and support.
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In other countries, employers rely on the college-entry obstacle course to select the brightest and best.
Another big obstacle to reform could be a lack of enthusiasm among local governments.
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But the biggest obstacle to economic recovery is political indecision, especially concerning foreign policy.
And you have to be willing to face any obstacle you might encounter along the way.
For Stevens, the net neutrality fight has morphed from an irritant to a genuine obstacle.
But the biggest obstacle is likely to be Mr Redstone and Mr Karmazin themselves.
But the idea is gaining currency that Britain may be an intolerable obstacle to European unity.
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Accountancy firms circumnavigated this obstacle by forging alliances with law firms rather than merging with them.
The four teams with the fastest combined time qualify for the final obstacle course relay.
Union rules continued to be an obstacle, and technology eventually passed the Barrons by.
When this journey began, I envisioned the biggest obstacle to my success would be physical.
The robot has eight sonar detectors as built-in obstacle detectors, in front, back, and side.
The biggest obstacle to these co-branded or franchised offerings is the danger of brand dilution.
The biggest obstacle, however, is that around many union halls, GEMA is a dirty word.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has rejected the remarks, calling them a "serious obstacle" to relations.
Discord between Moscow and Washington on how to move forward has been a major obstacle.
An obstacle to creating photo books is that many photos are posted on social networks.
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For too long these differences have been an obstacle to getting a coherent national energy policy.
Mr Gross's case is seen as a major obstacle to attempts to improve US-Cuban relations.
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