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  • s  crude but effective for the purpose at hand

  • Having converted its wire traffic from text messages to cash, Western Union increasingly serves as a rough-and-ready bank for millions of migrant workers who send part of their pay .
  • He hoped the design of the rough-and-ready structures would serve as models for local villagers, encouraging them to give up their attachment to concrete seen as a symbol of .
  • The idea is that if everyone is allowed to tag everyone else's uploaded photos, then a rough-and-ready categorization will naturally emerge from the wisdom of the crowd.
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  • Stettler Dodge carries value-priced Jeep Patriot
    STETTLER, Alberta, Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Ever since the early days of Jeep's military history, the rough-and-ready utility vehicle has not discriminated against any type of terrain. Whenever and wherever Jeep has been called on, the well-built SUVs have conquered boulders,...
    Feb. 28, 2014 - PR Newswire

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