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At the beginning of the 19th century, America was a stumbling babe as far as a culture of its own was concerned.

Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.

"One of the biggest and most difficult stumbling blocks at this point is Russia, frankly, " says Harvard's Matthew Bunn.

He took a stumbling step back and the light of the sphere glared and then waned to a dim glow.

The greatest stumbling block has turned out to be the question of financial assistance.

But at least it meant I got to sit and listen instead of stumbling around on the court.

and I was glad to hear it, for over-restrictive parents are a key stumbling-point when it comes to taking a girl home for the night.

Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die.

His own crew was in front of him now, stumbling toward him with weapons raised.

The question of what obligations should apply to the bank's controlling shareholders remains a stumbling block.

There will be a countless number of Assyrian casualties, dead bodies without count. People are stumbling over dead people all over the city.

Van Nistelrooy's wages may prove to be a stumbling block, however, with Liverpool not wanting to pay them if he was to return to England.

He made a speech straight off the reel without stumbling over a word.

The only stumbling block you face seems to be if you plan on mixing your business life with your personal, or love life. Do you?

Just for the moment the dark Ones remain the stumbling block to a great move forward.

The biggest stumbling block is going to be the fact that technologies developed for space can be used for military applications.

She said: "We are exploring, we are stumbling, we are trying to identify what will be the right tools [and] legal principles. "

But a stumbling witness is often more credible than a too-slick one.

His concern about denying the woman he loved a private life was one of the stumbling blocks to their getting married sooner.

The absence of any experience as a judge was raised by Senate Republicans as a potential stumbling block to her confirmation.

And He said to His disciples, It is impossible for causes of stumbling not to come, but woe to him through whom they come.

Therefore let us judge one another no longer, but rather judge this: not to put a stumbling block or cause of falling before your brother.

Talk cheerily to the young and anxious enquirer, lovingly try to remove stumbling blocks out of his way.

their insistence on its continuing relevance and power was one of the key stumbling blocks in Copenhagen.

But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been annulled.

And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone.

Certainly, on the trip, you can also be stumbling around across your own carriage, and go look for him on the other carriage.

Having no blog at all looks better than starting, stumbling, giving up and admitting to your readers, "It's not you, it's me. "

To my patient's surprise, simply stumbling across the idea that he could comfort himself seemed to grant him the power to do it.

Intellectual property issues have been a key stumbling block in Chinese carmakers' quest to expand in the west.

A large, stumbling giant like Russia or Brazil might be a more accurate indication of its future.

Reports on Friday suggested that the deal for Diego had hit stumbling blocks, though, as Werder's price did not match Juve's budget.

Put it all out on the table at the beginning. Talk about stumbling blocks.

A dispute about sharing out the burden of curbs on greenhouse gases between rich and poor nations is one of the main stumbling blocks.

He died of a massive heart attack in 1967, just as his crusade against communism in Asia was stumbling towards its own death in Vietnam.

The main stumbling block is the regulatory requirement that they be profitable for at least three years prior to listing.

Diapers seem to be a stumbling block for everyone.

He always appeared to be stumbling over his shoestrings .

Quickly Lizette ran through the field (stumbling for she held her eyes nearly closed) and climbed to the beautiful smooth green country.

The debate over Washington's handling of the Macao affair came as the six-party talks ran into a stumbling block in Beijing.

So thank you: for reading, for commenting, for sharing or stumbling or simply smiling as you read something I wrote.

After all it is permissible for you to take it as a stumbling block or if you wish as a banality.

But, he says, the biggest stumbling block is currency policy and that's not always in the hands of central banks.

Such a program had perhaps served a useful purpose at one time, but it was now the chief intellectual stumbling block.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

Prime ministerial visits to the shrine had become one of the biggest stumbling blocks to relations with Beijing.

Accept that sometimes stumbling in the dark is the only way to find the light switch.

There is a high chance of stumbling into a shouting match, in which right and wrong are beyond the power of outsiders to judge.

68 was one more awkward, stumbling, half-step forward in what Dutschke called the "long march" toward human freedom.

Evading re-capture, they travel from Avalon to the backside of the island, stumbling into the center of a Ceremonial Indian Gathering.

Analysts also wondered whether Bartz's lack of media industry experience would be a stumbling block when it comes to transforming Yahoo.

And magazine buyers tend to enjoy the serendipity of stumbling upon something that turns out to be fascinating.

Soca was looking at it as a target, but the stumbling block for them was legal issues.

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

None, everyone embody defects including yourself and it's important not to let the blemish be your forever stumbling stone.

He got up after that, stumbling blindly in his sleep, and pulled on his clothes, his eyes shut, but he got up.

Drama about the wealthy come down to super-lawyer at home in her nanny to do, both produced in stumbling into an emotional story.

His reappointment was seen as a major stumbling block in accessing foreign aid needed to turn the economy around.

After daybreak, the rumor of a tap with running water sent her stumbling in a panic through the slum's narrow corridors.

This lack of adequate tools has proved to be a stumbling block towards the adoption of more efficient practices by large teams.

Liam Brady arranged a trial with Scottish Champions Rangers, and although he impressed, wages proved to be a stumbling block.

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling , that I may walk before God in the light of life.

You must not put stumbling blocks in the way of those who do not follow the Path of the Wicca .

When what a pity I understood that I actually must let loose you not to do let complete the dream near the stumbling obstacle.

That indicates that they are not just stumbling over the extra information, but are taking it in and processing it.

This question of minor crime has become stumbling block of building a harmonious society.

After stumbling to the end of a smoke-filled corridor, you have to choose whether to turn left or right.

The stumbling recovery has also proven to be the worst since the economic disaster of the 1930s.

After stumbling over the introduction because of his nervousness, he delivered the rest of the speech smoothly.

You'll amazed how when, you're stumbling, she would fight for you and won't let you give in.

Stumbling home, scarce knowing where she was, the ugly girl heard a sound in the ditch.

The divide between developed and developing nations has long been a stumbling block to talks on how to address climate change.

SOA has been touted as a possible solution to these stumbling blocks that often prevent IT to deliver the value that the business requires.

Most cannot and many end up viewing the need for additional school as an insurmountable stumbling block on their road to a new career.

Controversy over the extent of human responsibility didn't help, but resistance by large emerging economies was the stumbling block.

I've been stumbling in the dark, living in a crash world.

For the long tail of inferior buildings, a slow, stumbling slog towards normality is the most likely outcome.

Really, not that big of a stumbling block though - and I do love James Gammon no matter what he's doing on screen.

But there exist two stumbling blocks to this ideal - the desire to make money and the desire to acquire power.

He found the warm stone wall with his hand and went stumbling down into darkness.

Agriculture continues to be the main stumbling block to a deal.

He tried 12 wine glasses before stumbling on the lucky one that splintered at the blast of his mighty pipes.

I cannot keep your feet from stumbling. I can only offer my hand that you may seize it and not fall.

XIII. Thou shalt not turn off our albums for thy neighbor, for he is stumbling in the dark.

Still carrying Jo, she broke into a stumbling run , desperate to share her hurt with Henry .

Just as evolution is a series of trial-and-error experiments, life is full of false starts and inevitable stumbling.

Did these closet encounters advance the peace process, still stumbling along today without getting close to fruition?

Susie: It's natural to fear the unknown when you're stumbling in the dark.

But a key stumbling black continues to be U. S. reluctance to cede any power in Iraq.

Wikipedia: Random is simply a means of randomly stumbling on a Wikipedia article.

Bonfires cast a glow down darkened streets, where protesters retreated from tear gas, stumbling over the debris of their days of melees.

Instead of blindly stumbling around in the dark, they have grasped the truth and desire to play their part in bringing Ascension into being.

Your turn now. What "s your biggest stumbling block to the minimalist lifestyle? Do you think asking this question will help? "

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

I had visitors. Stumbling into the elevator, I wondered who had come to see me at that hour. There stood my parents.

Usually we think of blockage in terms of stumbling blocks, or obstacles, to agreement.

When you're stumbling home, grab a cheap late-night "poelser" (hot dog) or falafel , just as the locals do.

In my last guest post, I told you how I was able to give up books, which were my biggest stumbling block on the path to minimalism.

No longer will it be the stumbling block to your job hunting. Instead, it will enhance your competitiveness doubly.

Mollenhauer in particular was surprised, for he had been looking on Butler's friendship for Cowperwood as a possible stumbling block .

One lf the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks .

She felt as though she were stumbling up a mountain.

In the video, you can see him stumbling, and pleading with audience members to "Get rid of your drugs! "

Stumbling through the smoke, the pilot emerged from the forward compartment, fumbled for the handgun at his belt.

Downing has his heart set on Anfield but a stumbling block could be the transfer fee.

While conservative laws remain on the books, Chinese society is stumbling toward a more liberal attitude about sexuality.

If you have been stumbling on your words lately, today could be a day to make things right.

Her process can help couples start having important conversations about overcoming these stumbling blocks in their relationships.

When testing a high performance system, a frequent stumbling block is that of message injection.

"This could help remove one of the biggest stumbling blocks we face in producing these drugs, " said Chilkoti.

All who had got their meals covered the bowls with straw hat or arms while stumbling across the muddy courtyard to the dormitories.

The proposal would pose a stumbling block to normalization of relations between the two countries.

Its stumbling local economy has much of China fretting whether trouble for Wenzhou's famously nimble manufacturers heralds broader danger.

He is never afraid of being tripped by a stumbling block. No obstacles will ever make him change his mind.

Attempts by euro zone leaders to draw a line under the bloc's debt crisis and avoid contagion, meanwhile, already appear to be stumbling.

But the animals are dying now, the weakest stumbling and falling, unable to get up again.

Both have been big stumbling blocks for computer scientists working on artificial intelligence.

Envy and jealousy are stumbling blocks to the flow of wealth. Rejoice in the prosperity of others.

The absence of genuine land reform has been a big stumbling block to national development.

Local officials are judged largely on their ability to increase economic growth, so green GDP could become a stumbling block to success.

But a key stumbling block continues to be U. S. reluctance to cede5 any power in Iraq.

Tom was three sheets to the wind and couldn't walk across the room without stumbling.

The Senate is set to be the main stumbling block to passing the reforms, according to Congressional aides.

This may sound impossible, because agriculture has been the great stumbling block of the World Trade Organisation.

As a careers expert, the biggest job-search stumbling block I see is a boilerplate-laden resume that sounds like every other resume I see.

I include here, in spite of its awkward rhyme and stumbling meter, a little-known but apt limerick on the topic of JSP scripting elements.

" Collisions doors" becomes a stumbling block for the independent brands to the global development.

It's a good plan, but the opposition of the local people may be a stumbling block.

Every time you're stumbling upon some aspect of your being you don't like, something happens.

The biggest stumbling block for IFP children (and for IFP adults) is their extreme sensitivity.

But the financial terms of the extension have proved a stumbling block and the talks have now hit an impasse.

The basic stumbling block to global peace rests with the self-serving ambitions of many nations .

After stumbling through an explanation, he took a deep breath, and said, "Now, boys, do you have any questions? "

Let us not allow mistrust, pessimism and lack of ambition to take us stumbling into profound dangers.

He that love th his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

Stumbling along the lines, I had great difficulty in understanding the novel, let alone enjoying it.

All things indeed are clean, but it is evil for a man to eat while stumbling others.

Stumbling-blocks of sin must be removed, and thorns and briers of rebellion must be uprooted.

A traveler was stumbling through the desert, desperate for water, then he saw something, far off in the distance.

Although Bellamy's weekly wage might represent a stumbling block, Hughes would like to buy him for the third time.

Perfectly formed for the pool, he looks less assured on dry land, occasionally stumbling and knocking into things.

Turkey's refusal to open its sea and air ports to Cyprus has proved a major stumbling block.

But the ratio of spending cuts to tax hikes, and the specific composition of both, present a seemingly insurmountable stumbling block.

A "stumbling block" is an obstacle, something that makes it difficult or impossible.

One widely circulated article, from The Australian newspaper, bore the headline "UN chief hits the ground stumbling" .

This year, some intrepid divers changed that, stumbling onto a geological and biological treasure and capturing it on video.

The biggest stumbling block for the Davion-Steiner alliance is Our Blessed Order and its growing strength.

In respect to the latter, here is a tip: If a sentence cannot be read smoothly, without stumbling, it should be rewritten.

The emergence of Chinese export competition as a key stumbling block is ominous for the future of the trade round.

This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation, and mature mothers learning to let go.

His speeches were clumsy, and his delivery was frequently stumbling and bombastic.

They view political will as a bigger stumbling block than any materials bottleneck.

A completely inebriated man was stumbling down the street with one foot on the curb and one foot in the gutter.

Club captain Negro was expected to pen a new contract before December, but negotiations have hit a major stumbling block.

Now this danger is not really so very great; for they would presumably learn to walk after some stumbling.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to all well laid strategic plans is time and money.

The placement of electric power lines (extension cords) and hoses on the floor can create a stumbling or tripping hazard.

That's compromised when she starts stumbling down the catwalk like a drunk.

With the economy and stockmarket stumbling, that offers the best chance of bringing down the government.

Without stumbling , bumping , or even being badly battered, how can one grow and become as solid and strong as iron and steel?

The main stumbling block is financing urban social benefits for migrant workers.

When they wake up, act like you're stumbling around for a story, and then ask "Can I borrow a pencil? "

However, quality issues caused by unpredictable polymer flow into the non-uniform features of embossing tools pose a major stumbling block.

Then he was on the mountainside, stumbling blindly up the mountain path, hearing their laughter.

Pirate edition of irresponsible at make reading stumbling for reader of also will mislead reader of thinking.

Soon, he found blood in his saliva. Later he developed a stumbling gait.

Difficulties in numerous setbacks in life, life is a stumbling block on the road, stopped more than once in our way forward.

Instead of seeing feer as a stumbling block, see it as a stepping -stone towards new experience!

Ms Jiang vividly recalls her own stumbling attempts to express herself succinctly before selection boards.

A lack of a Plan B could be the stumbling block.

But in the past few weeks Egypt has been stumbling through a bad post-revolutionary patch.

This guy is like a stumbling block. He's being very uncooperative.

In Berlin in 1994, he grabbed a baton from a conductor and tried to direct an orchestra while singing and stumbling.

It is the latest misadventure for a government that has been stumbling since its inception.

"Oh, you are very vexed. " Glint of, sorcery evil spirit the stumbling block of in front a flick to fall . . . . . .

A slow and stumbling recovery seemed the best that could be hoped for.

When embarking on a software metrics program, we don't want that journey to begin by stumbling on the first step.

Rom. 9: 32 Why? Because they pursued it not out of faith, but as it were out of works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling.

There are scenarios that could see Britain stumbling out of full membership, largely by accident.

No, I'm not ignorant of America's stumbling economy, France's impending S& P downgrade or Wall Street's sundry woes.

But for Mr. Brown, a stumbling economy will be an especially chastening experience.

You can't expect to meet new people on Digg or Stumbleupon accounts without digging or stumbling.

Stumbling back home at dawn, she sleeps the rest of the day.

Stumbling blocks are all those obstacles that block me from reaching my goals. I clarified.

her drunkenly stumbling, falling, sprawling, skirt hiked, eyes veined red, swollen with tears, her shame, her dishonor.

Once you lose your goal, every stone on your way will be your stumbling block .

A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road.

But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumbling block to the weak.

the National Day are coming. Heavy traffic congestions appeared recently in south of Shenyang, stumbling citizens.

Though your shambling rotomatic corpse will be slightly better at stumbling through underbrush than your zombie colleagues.

Those with fragmented sleep two weeks earlier couldn't, only randomly stumbling upon the escape.

A major stumbling block for S. D. is that the number of famous trademarks accepted into the market is restricted.

Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumbling stone.

Difficulty for timid to say that is "stumbling block" , for brave to say that is "hone" .

But there is one stumbling block to Hawkes's scheme for using a conventional jet engine for propulsion in air and water.

This is like picking up Eric Clapton's guitar at a soundcheck and stumbling through "Layla" with my hands covered in chip grease.

Today the secret remains "unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness. "

It takes the tame summoner tactics to tackle the withdrawal symptoms like stumbling.

The main stumbling block of Japan's FTA strategy has been the need to protect the low-productivity agriculture sector.

The major stumbling block: Large OLED displays are costly and technically difficult to make.

We say: here are the stumbling blocks, here are the roadblocks.

Trade barriers of bank increasingly become the stumbling block to development of international bank.

The main stumbling block has been agreeing the new government's stance toward Israel.

Witnesses describe seeing him stumbling and looking glazed.

Next, we bring you another story about a person who has turned life's stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

U. S. strategic containment is the biggest stumbling block to improving Sino-U. S. relations, say 36% of Chinese.

A certain amount of stumbling [into a career] is inevitable and I think healthy when you have a labor market that is hard to predict.

I think that might be doable, if that's the only stumbling block to us getting the job.

Jackson has shown a particular talent for rehabbing stumbling studs.

Perhaps the biggest stumbling block is that in true Whitehall tradition everything that goes out has to be approved and cleared first.

Like literally, stumbling through my life.

Egypt's stumbling military government is wary of encouraging such hopes.

We're only really very good at curing mice of cancer. The stumbling block has been translating basic science into human therapies.

Wilfulness is the stumbling block in a marriage.

The longer the vacation we take, the bigger the stumbling blocks appear.

He knows that he could climb the stairs without stumbling once.

Kidd also hit the floor three times, including a hard spill at midcourt after stumbling on a fastbreak.

The stumbling block is the mechanistic prediction of cloud cover.

Many stumbling blocks remain, however, including the added costs of filming and broadcasting 3-D images.

We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.

The major stumbling block really will be the regulatory approvals.

But there still remains a stumbling block over personal terms with Inter.

Mr Maliki has been saying the right things and making progress, albeit stumbling.

Our CM tool was a stumbling block in this project.

The inertia is the innovation stumbling obstacle.

One day after rallying as Americans went to the polls, stocks dropped amid more evidence that the economy is stumbling badly.

Slow implementation of B2B e- marketplaces is a natural consequence of some inadvertent stumbling blocks.

You got me trippin, stumbling, flippin, fumbling.

She devotes a chapter to how couples can surmount each stumbling block.

In the eyes of nature, we are her children, despite procession of adolescence or crippling and stumbling for old age.

The party has been stumbling in its response.

But are there unforeseen stumbling blocks along this path?

The time for stumbling through the euro crisis is over.

For adults, reading is day to day, either a stumbling block or a smooth path to pleasure and opportunity.

His friend, stumbling for words, mumbled, "It was so foolish, so very foolish. "

9 But beware lest somehow this right of yours become a stumbling block to the weak ones.

The same issues threaten to prove a stumbling block at Copenhagen.

The economy is stumbling. Frugality has been trumped by corruption.

We want to recognize the pure direction, knowing the irresistible general trend, toing use own fist, smashing the whole stumbling blocks.

People with gross motor difficulties may be clumsy, that is, they may be prone to stumbling, falling, or bumping into things.

The firm's decision to stop sales and production in America is a substantial blow for the stumbling car giant.

A bigger stumbling-block is that the plan does not address the cajas' bad-loan issue head-on.

He got up after that, stumbling, blink with sleep and put on his clothes.

An aching back sent me stumbling to the drugstore for relief.

See, "Stumbling Into Bad Behavior. "

There are weights which are not sins in themselves, but which become distractions and stumbling blocks in our Christian progress.

Stumbling towards that star of Bethlehem.

The Law Is not a Stumbling Block?

The biggest stumbling block to our grand plan is North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.