The Corps also failed to take other actions, such as armoring the banks with rocks, the attorneys said.

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The Rock was so successful that Berman decided to move into the much larger, more competitive, and more lucrative field of armoring military vehicles.

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The levees have been raised and reengineered, with new armoring added.

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