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North of Caldas, the road weaves uphill quickly, rising 300 m (1,000 ft) in 5 km (3 miles) past terraced farmlands and forests of eucalyptus, oak, and cork.
The NYT 's coverage of the hearts and mind stage of the Iraq run-up suggests more of an uphill battle than does the WP 's: "A day after U.S. policy toward Iraq was passionately picked apart at a town hall meeting in Ohio, President Clinton tried to reassemble the pieces.
2 million from the state is an uphill fight.
Perhaps the court can ultimately be persuaded to draw a distinction between the two; it would, I think, be an uphill battle, but perhaps a winnable one, and I wish free-speech hawks all the best on it.
Across the river are the Convento de Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Claire Convent, long under extensive restoration aimed at rescuing it from the river), where the lifeless Inês de Castro was crowned (see page 45), and the newer, uphill Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova (New Convent), where the silver tomb of Isabel, the sainted queen of Dom Dinis, is located.