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With more than 1,000 balloonists arriving for the start this weekend of Balloon Fiesta 2000, the yearly installment of New Mexico's hot-air balloon festival, there was formidable competition on the airwaves this week.

There were formidable obstacles.

There are formidable objections to delay.

And there are formidable barriers to trade.

There are formidable obstacles to redevelopment.

It is an appealing vision, but there are formidable obstacles.

Related: This US-Europe trade deal needs revision | Letters But there are formidable pitfalls and obstacles along the way.

But there are formidable obstacles, the biggest being the political ambitions and military ineffectiveness of Mali's army.

In each of these areas, there are formidable barriers to getting legislation passed, with or without the odd Democratic supporter.

In his report Anderson said there were "formidable difficulties" to changing the proscription system, "which appear amply to justify the decision to stick with the status quo".

However, the technique also has the potential to be misused for cloning babies, although stem cell scientists believe there are formidable technical, legal and ethical obstacles that would make this effectively impossible.