• So the government would then have to use the Parliament Act to over-ride the Lords.

    BBC: Farewell, Lords reform?

  • And the final battle, if he gets that far, could require him to invoke the Parliament Act, the mechanism by which the Commons can over-ride the Lords, to push his changes through.

    BBC: Nick Clegg's Lords reform battle

  • But if it is not introduced in the coming year, the government would face the prospect of trying to over-ride the Lords in the run-up to the 2015 General Election - just when ministers would much rather be focusing on bread-and-butter issues, not abstruse constitutional matters.

    BBC: An uncertain future for Mr Clegg's reforms

  • Prepare for a wild, wind-in-your-hair ride over the waves -- all totally worth it when you are close enough to smell a whale's breath.

    BBC: A coastal Qu��bec road trip

  • Vandals had poured industrial-strength drain cleaner over the ride, and opened bottles of the dangerous chemical were found at the scene, police said.

    BBC: NEWS | Americas | US toddler burnt in park attack

  • Also, go to the Vinpearl Amusement Park in Nha Trang (get a ride in the longest over-water cable car).

    BBC: How to explore Vietnam with kids

  • The Woodhall Spa rider finished ahead of Bruce Anstey in the first race although it ended amid confusion with the officials failing to wave the chequered flag which led to Plater and Anstey continuing to ride hard for over half-a-lap before realising that the race was over.

    BBC: Robert Dunlop celebrates his 15th win at the North West

  • Today, it is a nine-hour drive from Kabul to Bamiyan --- and the ride is one over broken roads that passes through some dangerous provinces.

    CNN: Oasis from the ruins: Afghanistan opens first national park

  • Before year-end, however, the market took investors for another ride, dropping once again over 5% and ultimately ending the post-election time frame down 1.5% and overall, down over 6% for the year.

    FORBES: What Retirees Can Expect After The Election

  • But as interest rates edge up--prompting most economists to predict that home values will stabilize while demand softens--most think the merry ride is over for a while.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "Low riders are really amazing bikes - you basically have to learn to ride all over again, " he said.

    BBC: Dome wheels in street culture

  • After a 100-yard ride, he judiciously pulled up, over and out of the wave as it approached the point's rocky inside.

    FORBES: Paradise Lost

  • The result, for the rest of this decade, will be a slowly climbing roller-coaster ride, one that shows acceptable yields over the long term (thus saving baby boomers with no retirement programs), but not much fun for risk-taking investors.

    FORBES: What's In The Chips

  • Like many country funds, this one has been on a roller-coaster ride since its inception in 1981, but over the long haul it has rewarded its believers.

    FORBES: South-of-the-border buys

  • But then the combined effects of the procyclical accounting and regulatory rules took over and turned the hoped-for soft landing into a very turbulent ride.

    FORBES

  • Our tester was delivered with around 10 miles of battery range remaining and we decided to take an extended ride to see how it fared switching over to gasoline-sourced power.

    FORBES: Living With A Chevrolet Volt

  • Now that the Real Estate party's over, Cape Coral-Fort Myers is one of the worst places to ride out the economic storm.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And I fully expect that to happen again as we kick off first-quarter earnings over the next several days, and it should be a good ride for a week or two.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • He also called for the immediate adoption of a report - due this week - on reducing the power of whips in Parliament, whom he said "ride roughshod over the views of" MPs.

    BBC: Cancel Queen's Speech, says Clegg

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