But a common complaint among users is the sticker shock that they get after seeing the bill once the ride is over.
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Some pros say that when normally cautious investors buy stocks because the market is frothy, it can be a sign that the ride is almost over.
Today, it is a nine-hour drive from Kabul to Bamiyan --- and the ride is one over broken roads that passes through some dangerous provinces.
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But as interest rates edge up--prompting most economists to predict that home values will stabilize while demand softens--most think the merry ride is over for a while.
Way more thrilling than a day at the beach is a helicopter ride over the interior of Kaua'i, most of which is too densely forested and mountainous for wheeled vehicles.
Indeed, Uber passengers do not know the final cost of the ride until after it is over because the service not only takes into account the distance and duration of the trip, but also uses dynamic pricing in which rates change depending on supply and demand conditions.
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Even by car, the remainder of the journey to the games is a rough ride over potholed roads that run out into a bewildering array of unmarked tracks and ruts.
The ride is generally about 500 miles over seven days, snaking from the west side of the state, mostly bordered by the Missouri River, to the east side of the state, bordered by the Mississippi River.
The other episode which sprang to my mind is Peter Hain getting a rough ride in the House of Commons over his infamous "On The Runs Bill".
From Paul Revere Park, it is a quick ride over the Charlestown Bridge (keep on the sidewalk, to be safe) into downtown Boston.
Now that the Real Estate party's over, Cape Coral-Fort Myers is one of the worst places to ride out the economic storm.
Yes, bond investors have had an easy ride since 1981, but the bond mutual fund party is over.
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"Pakistan is in for a rough ride over the next couple of years, " says William Maley of the Australian Defense Academy.
"I was skeptical that you could create a multigenre site, " says Mr. Wilson, whose job is to ride herd over what goes out on the air and via the Web at the network.
What we need is for them to work together on solutions, utilizing their core competencies, and not trying to to over ride each other in a mad scramble for the pot of gold which is healthcare expenditure.
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How smart is Dagny and Ellis for not testing the steel themselves but they bravely ride a high speed train over a bridge made of it?
But if it is not introduced in the coming year, the government would face the prospect of trying to over-ride the Lords in the run-up to the 2015 General Election - just when ministers would much rather be focusing on bread-and-butter issues, not abstruse constitutional matters.
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