The other episode which sprang to my mind is Peter Hain getting a rough ride in the House of Commons over his infamous "On The Runs Bill".

BBC: An avalanche of debate

The Niners are a rough house team that physically manhandled soft Green Bay and Atlanta teams.

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The house's rough-and-ready drinking rooms should also be an entertaining spot to watch these two nations' athletes do their best.

BBC: Cheering on the Olympic underdogs

We could buy a small terraced house in a rough area of the nearest town with our mortgage capacity but we choose to wait until a house that meets our specific needs becomes available.

BBC: Read your comments

Even without that EPA rule, the industry is likely to be in for a rough time, regardless which party controls the Congress and White House.

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The Senate leadership is looking to McCain to take the lead on tobacco legislation, and McCain has been consulting with the White House, state attorneys general and members of the health community to hammer out a rough outline of a bill.

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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.

ECONOMIST: Three square meals a day

As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Kennedy has brought the mystique and glitz of America's premier political family to the rough-and-tumble job of financing the party's drive to reclaim a majority in the House of Representatives.

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As a rough guide, how many days does it take to sell a typical house in various parts of the country?

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