Word: roadblocks
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Even so, the road to successful self-employment can be a tortuous one. Not everyone is cut out for its uncertainties and do-it-yourself nature. Nearly 2 out of every 3 new businesses fail within five years. The biggest roadblock is financing. According to Venture Economics, a market-research firm, an entrepreneur needs at least $8,000 to start a home-based business, which includes office supplies and equipment but not rent. Starting the same business in prime office space would take at least $50,000 in start-up capital. To launch a retail establishment, such as a bakery...
...Detroit scheme hit a roadblock just weeks before school started, when the A.C.L.U. and the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Detroit mother with three daughters. The suit argued that the plan would deny girls the right to an equal education. Not incidentally, black girls in Detroit have a 45% dropout rate. Last week U.S. District Judge George E. Woods agreed and ordered school officials to come up with a program to accommodate both sexes. "The young adolescent black male is most definitely an endangered species in this community," said Woods...
...Crimson will seek to continue its success this weekend when it rows against Brown, a crew that may prove to be the biggest roadblock in the way to an Ivy League Crown...
...major roadblock now standing before the land bank scheme is a debate over who will receive first crack at the new housing--if and when it is built. The current proposal calls for housing to be built for any family making 80 percent of the Boston area median income of $44,625 a year. Under that plan, preference would be given to families making $22,313 annually, or 50 percent of the median income...
Police ignored the roadblock for months, but finally acted when called in by Oka Mayor Jean Ouellette. At week's end, the Mohawks and up to 1,000 heavily armed police eyed one another across a tense no-man's-land...