"You could argue that it fell at the first hurdle in the form of Google Glass, which everyone thought would revolutionise things but which hasn't.
Higher commodity prices also pose central banks a dilemma, pushing up headline inflation rates while also acting as a tax on consumer demand.As if these macroeconomic worries were not enough, share prices also face a potential hurdle in the form of deteriorating demography.
The Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor faces new hurdles today, in the form of pressure to block her confirmation from the powerful anti-empathy lobby.
The Sunnis' sixth ministry, defence, does but filling that post has proved the biggest hurdle in the forming of the government.The Shias, especially their most powerful faction, the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), are insisting that any candidate for the defence job should have no ties to the Baathists.
"You cannot tiptoe in India," he says.Just fill in a few forms first, pleaseBanking may present start-ups with the most formidable hurdles of all, in the form of India's financial regulators, and consumers' preference for established lenders, particularly state-owned ones.
The Budget will, instead, be judged by whether the chancellor's plan to cut business taxes and to lower the hurdles enterprises face in the form of planning laws, tax rules and government regulations will, in reality, help speed the economic recovery.
At the start of the experiment, every molecule of RNA was different from all the rest, but then a selective hurdle was imposed in the form of a ligation reaction that allowed only certain molecules to survive and reproduce.
He is unbeaten in three over hurdles and the form of his Neptune win at Cheltenham is easily good enough for this.
Although there was a spurt late last month, so far less than 3% of the 115,000 families who have applied for help have reached "closing": that is, surmounted the sclerotic programme's various bureaucratic hurdles and received money in the form of buy-out cheques or repair payments.The lethargic pace has been ruinous for New Orleans and its hard-hit suburbs.
The statement went on to underline the multiple legal hurdles it expects to face in the form of injunctions sought by Chapo's lawyers.
