• The Germans - indeed northern Europe - have created a trap for themselves in which it is either fiscal union or a rough-hewn fiscal union in which the ECB does the heavy lifting, in defiance of its mandate and culture, and the instincts of the national central banks.

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  • At the end of a sandy track leading out of town into the surrounding scrubland, in a house made of rough-hewn branches covered in clay, Lucia Vieira looks after her two children while her husband is out earning a mere 5 reais a day as a farm labourer.

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  • The two performances by Bessie Smith may puzzle devotees both come from her somewhat rough-voiced sessions in the 1930s, instead of her majestic work in the 1920s.

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  • The printer's shell is made of an unfinished wood with some rough corners -- in fact, one of our editors managed to get a splinter from one of the sides during the setup process -- and the sides are held together with a number of visible screws.

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  • In short, Russia's future as a market-based, albeit still rough-hewn, democracy hangs in the balance.

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  • His consultancy helped elect two mayors in rough-and-tumble Chicago, and he can deliver a punch: he was once accused of producing an ad that made an opponent resemble Hitler.

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  • It's part of the adventure: We have our rough route in mind -- overland down the Nile and on to Turkey -- but we often don't know where we'll be the next day.

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  • Their rough-hewn prototype sits in a small room at Trust Automation's headquarters in San Luis Obispo, California, using a water-filled vitamin bottle as a shock absorber. ("It runs like a Corvette on a Pinto engine, " Safreno says, smiling.) The ratty demo reel first shows a 22-second clip of an actor walking on a grassy lawn, past a blurred van, squirting water with a hose, at 24 fps.

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  • Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old architect of Seattle.

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  • "I take nothing for granted, " Bush said in a rough-and-ready maiden speech on Saturday.

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  • Not that he hasn't hit rough spots in the road--in 2002 his portfolio was down almost 40%.

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  • Some got quite good at it in a rough-hewn sort of way.

    FORBES: Artists in overalls

  • And though his sharp suits and cosmopolitan approach may charm outsiders, he cuts an awkward figure in the rough-and-tumble of the townships.

    ECONOMIST: South Africa

  • But if he intends to be a sort of moderator, that will not get him far in the rough-and-tumble world of Minnesota politics.

    ECONOMIST: Jesse��s new job

  • In our rough-and-tumble world, an unwavering response of openness and loving kindness would be like going around with a "kick me" sign on your back.

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  • But there are bumpy months ahead for Mr Zapatero, as Spain's two most fractious regions engage in rough horse-trading over their future relationship with Madrid.

    ECONOMIST: Spain and the Basques

  • But there's also a strong argument for grabbing the lead in this rough-and-tumble form of swimming: it disentangles you from the arms and legs of other swimmers.

    WSJ: Menu

  • Even in this rough-and-tumble chamber, it was a devastating performance.

    ECONOMIST: Politics in Australia

  • Humber threw four wild pitches in giving up four runs, and the Houston Astros failed to take advantage of Hiroki Kuroda's rough start in a 7-4 loss Tuesday night.

    WSJ: Wild Humber hurts Astros in 7-4 loss to Yankees

  • The Bobcats, which started play in the 2004-2005 season, had the typical rough go in their early years as an expansion team.

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  • The natural feeling extends to the interiors: aged, smoked-oak floors, double windows to bring the outdoors in, a lot of rough-hewn timber, and stone fireplaces.

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  • Named Blanket Bay (after the blankets used by sheep shearers here in the 19th century to keep wool dry), the resort is the type of luxe but rough-hewn lodge one might expect to find in the Adirondacks or at Lake Tahoe.

    FORBES: "We Weren't Hut People"

  • Russian crony capitalists play in a cruel rough-and-tumble environment, and their winnings can be taken away at any time.

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  • One of them was a thief well known in the area: a rough part of town, with 15 iron-bar attacks in two months.

    ECONOMIST: David Kato

  • Over half of them contested rough-and-ready caucus elections in Iraq's 18 provinces to win their spot, often after defeating a field of 20 rival candidates.

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  • Less normal is how many Americans have come to think that the country is not just passing through a rough patch but is in long-term decline.

    ECONOMIST: Lexington

  • Two things: the success of Airbus in achieving rough market-share parity at the end of the 1990s, and resentment over launch aid for the A380, the superjumbo designed to bring to an end the long reign of the 747.

    ECONOMIST: World trade and commercial aircraft

  • The first band on stage during the tour, The Mull Historical Society - who are also signed to Rough Trade - should not be ignored, and could be in line for the British rock throne currently occupied by Travis and the Stereophonics.

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  • We liked to be thrown about by a roller coaster, slide, or swing, in a rough sea, on a trampoline, or by grown-ups who in moving us at their force and speed gave us a taste of the dimensions of adult life.

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  • Expropriation brought into its hands about one-third of the urban space in the national-capital region (a rough square around Ottawa-Hull).

    ECONOMIST: Canada

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