VIENTIANE, Laos — President Obama ended his final trip to Asia on Thursday with a brisk defense of his "Asia pivot" policy and an impatient dismissal of those who suggested his bumpy reception in the region this week augured doubts about America's long-term role.
Unprompted, she sways the camera to suggest a bumpy journey before veering into Ridley Scott territory as she announces, "This tube train is stopping on Mars!" As well as movie-making there is a free wizard school hourly in the old GLC council chamber.
A riot in Riga, in which more than 40 people (including 14 police officers) were hurt and 106 arrested, suggests there is a bumpy ride ahead.Latvia, a country of 2.4m that may soon be the sixth-biggest debtor to the IMF, is not alone.
America Online's bumpy experience last week suggests that high-tech executives wishing to capitalize on inflated shares to shop for real assets may be trapped in a paradox.
Their bumpy or dendritic texture suggests that they were covered by a keratinous sheath, and not muscle.
All of which suggests that the markets could be in for a bumpy summer.
But it does indicate that the road to consensus on immigration will be far bumpier than the narrative on Capitol Hill suggests.
Although a cursory look at broad market trends may be signaling a bumpy road ahead, a closer examination of stocks and bonds suggests a somewhat smoother ride.
When a friend suggested they drive the bumpy two-lane road up to see the rock-strewn landscape of a small wine-producing area called Valle de Guadalupe, they'd never heard of the place.
The New Year got off to a bumpy start on Wall Street Wednesday morning, as investors digested data that suggests an economic slowdown.
