The Fed extended its Operation Twist program last month, in a bid to buy more time for the economy to show whether it is driving through a rough patch or running out of gas.

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The custom skin it was running felt a bit rough -- the apps get reorganized with a gaming focus and slapped onto a flippable cube, which caused some visual stuttering from pane to pane.

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Godrich is still a rough and ready place with a potholed earth track running through it.

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IRA's rough justice, however, is the gun-running, now the subject of court cases in Florida and the Irish Republic.

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Opposition leaders say the government is riding rough-shod over the constitution and have demanded clarity about who is running the country.

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Locals who grew up running up the stairs of their own apartment buildings are the rough equivalent of urban kids who hung out at the basketball court.

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Kraft, wearing a blue Patriots golf shirt and Reebok running shoes, cranks one into the first cut of the left rough.

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