There are still tremendous hurdles.
The prime minister-designate, Haidar al-Abadi, will have to overcome tremendous hurdles to prevent the tragic and bloody disintegration of the country.
"A lot of schools are looking to prepare more items from scratch, and starting to prepare more, but there are tremendous hurdles," said Diane Pratt-Heavner, a spokeswoman for the School Nutrition Association, a nonprofit membership organization of school nutrition professionals.
The indomitable Brazilian conductor João Carlos Martins has faced tremendous hurdles, his career as a pianist derailed by a soccer injury, repetitive stress syndrome, a tumor in his left hand and a mugging that left him unable to use his right arm.
But as affidavits filed in the federal court case by New York University Law School's Brennan Center usefully document, outsider candidates like Mr. McCain must surmount tremendous hurdles just to file petitions in the first place.
This is not only a disservice to children who already face tremendous hurdles, but will also ultimately increase the costs borne by Medicaid when it becomes necessary to address the physical and psychological damage done by the use of these drugs.
In reality this partnership faces tremendous hurdles.
To be sure, a VAT faces tremendous hurdles.
"In life, transgender people face tremendous hurdles in trying to get accurate identification reflecting their true identities.
But jokes like this one -- ones that reaffirm these stereotypes for laughs -- can also make things harder for gay and transgender people who already face tremendous hurdles.
