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" ... Clothing has become a millstone around the neck of the latest M&S turnaround, dragging the business down with its ponderous, laborious and outdated stores. To the point where one can't help feeling that if 100% of the M&S effort was directed at food, it would be a truly great business. ... "
" ... Off the field, Assauer was the main driving force behind Schalke's modern Veltins-Arena. The old Parkstadion had been long a millstone around Schalke's neck, and in 1998 the club laid the foundation for a new Arena in Gelsenkirchen. ... "
" ... Still in use today, probably the biggest flaw in Windows Phone was the word Windows. Microsoft's Xbox console had shows that it was still possible for Redmond to have a hit alongside the name Microsoft, but by tying the fortunes of the mobile platform so closely to the desktop software, the platform was tied to the millstone that was Windows. ... "
" ... The UI game is a dangerous one for the entire country and will become a millstone around the neck of the next administration and Congress. ... "
" ... The devastation wreaked on Haiti by Hurricane Matthew last fall was just the latest in a seemingly endless string of misfortunes that have befallen that country, which in March concluded a year-long interlude of caretaker governance by installing banana exporter Jovenel Moïse as its 58th president. Moïse faces a daunting task; Haiti’s chronic status as the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation is due to a litany of afflictions that range from widespread illiteracy, to endemic corruption, to woefully inadequate infrastructure. But while these would be hard enough for any country to overcome, for more than a century of its existence Haiti carried an additional but little-known millstone, the effects of which are still being felt. ... "