"I find the suggestion of adding ballast to anyone's car rather distasteful, " Head said.
And the Germans badly want the British aboard the euro-ship, in part as counter-ballast to the French.
It provides, he says, the ballast to make Mr Gandhi prime minister after the presidential elections in June.
With less ballast to distribute optimally around the car, a heavier driver is already at a competitive disadvantage.
And when it delivers its payload, it needs to be weighted down with ballast to stop it shooting up into the air.
Unlike a conventional hot air balloon where the height is controlled by a burner, the gas balloons are filled with hydrogen and controlled by releasing gas to go down and throwing out ballast to go up.
As the capsule thunders downwards, it ejects ballast blocks to move its centre of gravity and tilt its angle of attack.
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That's very different from conventional submarines, which basically dive by changing the ballast of the ship to make it sink.
The cylinder is anchored to gravel ballast on the sea floor.
The states also will look for agreement on the best way to regulate ballast water dumped by oceangoing cargo ships, the primary vehicle by which aquatic invasive species have reached the Great Lakes.
But Ramezani's study of thousands of companies from January 1990 to December 2000 provides intellectual ballast.
Matthew Ballast, of the publishing company, confirmed to Reuters that the leaked document is the author's work.
"If you are travelling 20, 000 km, it is rather unlikely that an organism will survive this, as ballast water is not the most cosy environment to live in, " said Dr Gastner.
The paper backs US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan's view that the policies of the European Union member states are to blame "for not using the new technologies to reduce costs and ditch protectionist ballast".
In practice, constructors build their racing cars much lighter than the regulations require, and then bring them up to the mandatory minimum by adding ballast as low down as possible, and where it will best improve the vehicle's handling and reduce its tyre wear.
Others have hired marine architects to determine how boats can increase stability, by adding ballast or filling compartments with flotation foam.
Call it the Das Boot effect: With their deep keels and heavy ballast, J-boats push such a mass of water that they tend to hunker down in a breeze, submerging the bow and stern and soaking practically everyone on deck.
Yes, bonds are still valuable ballast for every long-term portfolio, but in terms of looking for where the best incremental returns are likely to be going forward, Fidelity is clearly on the record: Stocks, not bonds.
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