Although the book's first-person narration is an immense obstacle to stage adaptation, the relationships are rife for reinvention.

The fact is that the adolescent boy faces immense obstacles in jump-starting his own life, much less war.

And it would present immense practical obstacles, not least finding a way to shift from one system to another without unduly disrupting a $10 trillion-a-year economy.

Tolerance of domestic and sexual violence create immense obstacles for victims to leave abusive circumstances or seek effective legal recourse.

The meeting at the Louvre highlighted the immense obstacles to taming an American audiovisual industry that already dominates much of the globe.

No matter the financial details, a full-blown merger between Global Crossing and U S West would face immense regulatory obstacles.

In spite of these immense obstacles, Hawat very nearly brings down the Harkonnens from within.

Here the front had settled along the "Saefeller Beek", a small creek forming another seemingly immense obstacle.

Despite immense obstacles imposed by the California Department of Agriculture, he said, he has managed to place his fruit on the shelves of supermarkets throughout that state.

They recognize that even though billions of dollars are being spent on convergence, immense obstacles remain.