It starts as an exit off the Dumbarton Bridge, which cuts across the southern edge of San Francisco Bay, runs though rough-and-tumble East Palo Alto, then tree-lined stretches dotted with multimillion-dollar mansions, and eventually hits, as the name implies, the Stanford campus.
Though the aesthetic is rough-and-ready, Hawley is a sincere and sensitive storyteller who brings the characters to life with subtle, oblique touches that show who they are without saying too much about them.
And even though they finished the regular season tied for ninth in the Big East, even though there were some rough spots during the season, these players just put their heads down, they worked hard, and they focused on winning the games that counted.
"Even though the playing is very rough and ready, they have tremendous presence and were probably considerably better than the Beatles were in March 1960, " he said.
Even though he writes of the rough physical conditions and the rigors of his training, his face glowed as he talked about the smells and sounds of the camp.
But for some music stars, though, things aren't that rough--even if you're not selling records, tapes, CDs or downloads, there are plenty of ways to make money.
The 3-inch LCD (which is capable of 16 million colors) is also covered with Gorilla Glass, so you're less likely to crack it if you're rough on the thing (though, again, at these prices, we assume you'll be nicer to it than your own offspring).
Eloquent writer though she is, Smith always thought of herself as rough around the edges, which perhaps contributed to her early evasion of celebrity.
And he is not getting a rough ride for the economic downturn (even though Italy's GDP could shrink by 5% this year), as Italian banks and bankers are relatively conservative by nature.
For now, though, the CODA Sedan remains a little bit too rough around the edges to attract the Status Seekers, Greens and Techs, and a little bit too expensive to attract that bigger group of Price Conscious Buyers that CODA needs.
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Full-year figures for 2009-10 are not due until July, but, in the three months from January to March 2010, seven more people were seen sleeping rough than in the same period a year earlier (though fewer than in the three previous quarters).
Though full details were not available as The Economist went to press, the rough outlines were leaked.
Chart Analysis : The Select Spyder SPDR Materials ( XLB) had a rough 2011, down 12.8% for the year even though it did rebound in the last quarter.
Alcoa Inc . ( AA) has had a rough year, as the stock is currently down over 30% even though it did not make new lows at the end of November, line b.
It was a rough time in her life and she was very depressed by it, even though chemotherapy was healing her over time.
Mr Aznar has none of his predecessor's tactical virtuosity, nor yet his rough-and-ready way with words, nor his youthful bonhomie, even though, at 56, Mr Gonzalez is 11 years the older.
And though his sharp suits and cosmopolitan approach may charm outsiders, he cuts an awkward figure in the rough-and-tumble of the townships.
"I had kind of rough matches in the past weeks so it gave me of course a lot of confidence, even though I lost them, " Dimitrov said.
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