As they expanded rapidly on Long Island and in New Jersey, the publicly traded assisted-living companies bypassed the city itself as an undesirable location because of high real estate costs, complex licensing regulations and difficult zoning restrictions.
Millions are unable to enter the GCC without encountering difficult visa restrictions, in part because the GCC have no obligation to recognize Arabs fleeing war torn countries as refugees, since they are not yet signatories to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.
Conditions in the occupied West Bank remain difficult, with restrictions imposed by Israel's occupation that limit the ability of Palestinians to have a normal life and that complicate state and institution building and economic development.
But tax lawyers say the most difficult hurdle concerns restrictions around the choice of the investments.
Snow and ice made driving conditions from Newport to Swansea difficult, while speed restrictions were in place around Cardiff and the old Severn Bridge.
David Nickols, managing director at the consultancy WSP Future Energy said project finance for major renewables projects looked difficult, and planning restrictions were also "major obstacle".
But while Mr. Holbrooke has been vocal in criticizing United Nations shortcomings, especially when members of Congress are visiting, there is no doubt that his job has been made more difficult by Congressional restrictions imposed in the name of reform, other diplomats say.
Unfortunately, it seems to be very difficult to impose restrictions which would guarantee that v obeys this threshold property, which we refer to as threshold simple.
But cannabis impairment in drivers is harder to detect than alcohol, and therefore more difficult to set restrictions around.
"The goal of the founder of the new state is to create a society in which honest people can prosper, without having the state making their life difficult with unnecessary restrictions and taxes," reads an official statement from the Republic, as recorded by Croatia Week.
