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pitfawl

  • n  an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
  • n  a trap in the form of a concealed hole

  • After moving to take another question he -- perhaps realizing the potential pitfall -- backtracked quickly to challenge the reporter if he planned to read the entire bill, as well.
  • Printed with just one, enlarged strip per page, the AJ collection not only avoids this pitfall, but leaps over it.
  • Its pitfall is that fascination often turns, by repetition, to boredom.
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  • Sweat In Style: Five Fusion Fitness Classes To Try At These Luxury Hotels
    If there’s one pitfall that comes with luxury travel, it’s the temptation to indulge in another round of cocktails at a chic rooftop bar or a bucket list-worthy entrée in lieu of hitting the gym for a calorie-neutralizing sweat session. Luckily, many fitness directors at top-tier hotels are aware of this dilemma and have come up with a bevy of fusion fitness options to lure guests away from the ...
    June 24, 2013 - Forbes
  • Bontrager Paradigm RXXXL saddle review
    The usual pitfall of ultra-light saddles is that the loss of mass is matched by reduced comfort. Plenty of feathery carbon perches look like shards of hardened plastic – and, unfortunately, many of them ride exactly as they look. However, Bontrager believe that with the Paradigm RXXXL they have cracked the code, marrying the unlikely partners of low weight and high comfort. At 154g it’s ...
    June 24, 2013 - BikeRadar
Quotes

  • Dr John McLoughlin in International Herald Tribune
    It's important that he turn to the professionals in the building and not show up with a coterie of people aiming to turn the place upside down - but I think he'll be smart enough to avoid that pitfall,McLaughlin said.
  • Ben Bernanke in MarketWatch
    In a tribute to Friedman in 2003, Bernanke said his "thinking has so permeated modern macroeconomics that the worst pitfall in reading him today is to fail to appreciate the originality and even revolutionary character of his ideas, in relation to...
  • Dianne Feinstein in FOX News
    These firefighters are heroes, and their families should not suffer as a result of a bureaucratic pitfall,Feinstein said. "Congress can move fast when it wants, and I'm pleased that this is one of those occasions."

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