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hur duhl

  • n  a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
  • n  an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
    the last hurdle before graduation
  • n  the act of jumping over an obstacle
  • v  jump a hurdle

  • The first hurdle to a paid online subscriber system is creating and testing one.
  • Politicos are abuzz over the last hurdle Obama must clear in his path to the presidency.
  • Surely, as the Obama campaign unveils Biden to the world, they are little concerned about his ability to surmount the primary hurdle that any potential vice president must get .
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  • Jordan removes last hurdle to Abu Qatada's extradition from UK
    AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has removed the last hurdle preventing Britain from sending radical cleric Abu Qatada back home for trial by approving an extradition treaty satisfying British concerns about evidence used against him, officials said on Wednesday. The British government has for years been unable to deport Abu Qatada back to his native Jordan, where he is wanted on alleged terrorism ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Jordan removes last hurdle to cleric's extradition from UK
    AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has removed the last hurdle preventing Britain from sending radical cleric Abu Qatada back home for trial by approving an extradition treaty satisfying British concerns about evidence used against him, officials said on Wednesday. The British government has for years been unable to deport Abu Qatada back to his native Jordan, where he is wanted on alleged terrorism ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Pirates manager Clint Hurdle: ‘I’m not paying attention to the number of pitches anymore’
    Count Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle as the latest manager to thumb his nose at baseball's obsession with numbers. Hurdle told reporters on Tuesday that he's done watching pitch-count to determine when to remove his starting pitchers. This, of course, … Continue reading ?
    June 11, 2013 - Big League Stew via Yahoo! Sports

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