At the foot of the Manhattan Bridge, it is an easy ride into the Financial District.
Aqueous metaphors aside, the fact is that none of us is guaranteed an easy ride.
And in the race to find an iPhone successor they have been given an easy ride.
Even without rebels and with Lib Dem support, Mr Dewar faces no easy ride.
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Most of the opposition, though reluctant to give Lula an easy ride, will go along.
Indeed Flood was given an easy ride as Leicester's pack dominated their opponents throughout the afternoon.
But Mr Brown is not expected to receive an easy ride from his audience on Wednesday evening.
In some quarters this is seen as the US giving fledgling democracies like Georgia an easy ride.
Foreign supermarkets will not have an easy ride if India does lift the restrictions on their entry.
Yes, bond investors have had an easy ride since 1981, but the bond mutual fund party is over.
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So we may not stop but if that help doesn't come, Afghanistan will not be an easy ride.
It was followed by two terms as governor of California in the rioting 1960s and 1970s, no easy ride.
Woods has now fired 24 birdies in 54 holes but isn't expecting an easy ride in the final round.
The easy ride along tree-lined roads has few hills, and the snow-covered mountains, off-shore islands and deep forests make for majestic scenery.
Back it in grown-up fashion, and the coalition will have an easy ride.
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All the players thought he was fantastic - not that he was an easy ride, he makes you work hard!
Unlike the ultra-smooth motorcycle chase in M:i-2, it hasn't been an easy ride for Woo to get where he is.
While the strategy of expanding in developing countries is a logical one, western companies will not necessarily have an easy ride there.
The proposal awaits the nod from BA's pension trustees and trade unions, but it will be no easy ride for many of his staff.
The present row shows that Mr Ahmadinejad is not likely to propose compromise candidates, and parliament is unlikely to give his nominees an easy ride.
But in the Supreme Court today, their argument got a distinctly unsympathetic reception, not that the justices gave an easy ride to the government's advocate either.
He does not even give the 14 contestants an easy ride for their first task, heavily criticising both teams for the way they ran their money-making schemes.
Ms Eweida, 60, a Coptic Christian from Twickenham in south-west London, told the BBC she was "jumping with joy" after the ruling, adding it had "not been an easy ride".
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Swiss star Federer should have another easy ride in the second round when he faces unseeded Russian Evgeny Korolev, while Spaniard Nadal takes on another Italian in Potito Starace.
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And for what it's worth - and you can judge whether it's worth a lot or a little - bankers themselves do not believe they're being given an easy ride by the authorities.
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