The shekel, under an exchange-rate policy introduced in 1991, is rock hard so hard, in fact, that it is giving the government fits.
Meeting women's representatives at the Gorki presidential residence near Moscow, Mr Medvedev said that as a schoolboy he had mainly listened to "rock music and hard rock".
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It will be challenging for the company as it transitions from soft-rock mining to hard-rock mining.
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In a way, speculators on both sides are caught between a rock and hard place.
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In this situation, American policymakers are stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place.
The first round was abandoned on Thursday because the rock-hard greens were deemed unplayable.
That night, as she lay in bed on her rock-hard mattress, Luda continued to think about Milena.
Not worn, but draped casually over one sculpted shoulder so as not to obscure one's rock-hard pecs.
Nick with rock-hard abs who will "ho ho ho" in nothing but a red hat, red Speedo and black boots.
In September of this year, driven by pain he could no longer ignore, he went to his doctor who discovered a rock-hard prostate gland.
This left the SEC between the proverbial rock and hard place.
There, mudslides and raging rivers swept away shantytowns perched on steep slopes of the lush Avila mountain and left tall buildings marooned in a sea of rock-hard debris.
Since then, each item had engraved itself in my memory, frozen in time: a bag of dried chickpeas, a cannister of salt, a withered Fuji apple, and the rock-hard stump of a baguette.
The federal government, which pays for roughly half the Medicaid expenses, is supposed to get a similar proportion of the payout, though there is no rock-hard assurance that the states will hand it over.
The musician, who is the first member of the rock band to receive the pavement plaque, will be honoured at a ceremony in front of the Hard Rock Cafe on Hollywood Boulevard on 10 July.
It means the health service is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Proud and free, Okello ended up on hard rock in the bare and barren Ngong Hills.
Undercover police in Hard Rock Cafe T-shirts escorted two people off the dance floor.
The film satirizes the behaviour and musical pretensions of hard rock and metal bands.
"Our customers are all about cool, " says Hard Rock Chief Financial Officer James Bowen.
His music includes a mix of music from classical to hard rock and Abba.
What do you do when you are between a rock and a hard place?
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Hard rock and metal have been Finland's most successful music export in recent years.
That song, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi, scooped the Eurovision Song Contest for Finland.
All of which leaves Saudi Arabia's rulers between a rock and a hard place.
On the face of it, Mr Gandhi may be caught between a rock and a hard place.
There's no word yet when the Hard Rock Casino or 11 other Gulf Coast casinos might re-open.
Shiftgig now works with more than 4, 000 companies, including the Ritz-Carlton, Embassy Suites and Hard Rock Hotel.
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"This involves some very nasty facts, " Cashman told about 150 fans at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square.
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