Carbon-Nomex might be prone to point-puncture, but glazed into panels in this format, a good solid smack means precisely nothing to it.
Many thousands of people are thought to be prone to faints - a condition called vasovagal syncope.
And there are some concerns that it actually dismantles some investor protections, and it might be more prone to get-rich-quick kind of schemes.
In addition, women carrying the genes, it was feared, might be more prone to side-effects such as pain, shortness of breath and fibrosis - the formation of scar-like tissue.
There is some truth in this, but the awkward fact is that post-bubble economies tend to be deflation-prone.
The hope is that it also will be less prone to regular blow-ups.
It seems that even the largest companies, armed with legions of expert financial advisers and ERISA lawyers who are paid hefty fees, are both prone to be out-witted by the financial vendors they entrust with plan assets and ill-equipped to identify competitive, conflict-free 401(k) investment solutions.
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Alternatively, a depressed mother may be more likely to produce a child who is prone to depression - and to have a low birth weight baby because they may be more likely to smoke and drink during pregnancy.
That it will be as prone as ever to horse-trading almost goes without saying.
People with all arch types -- high, medium, or low -- can be prone to this type of irritation, says Carly Robbins, a podiatric surgeon in Columbus, Ohio.
Morgan in a Brooklyn office building said workers were encouraged by supervisors to examine pools of loans they knew would be less time-consuming or error-prone as they tried to hit loan quotas.
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First, any effort to have the IRS police advocacy activities of social-welfare organizations is bound to be clumsy and prone to degenerate into either selective or broad witch hunts.
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And might also serve to inform investors in Royal Dutch Shell what the full costs may be of continuing to pursue its snafu-prone Alaskan drilling campaign.
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Cities including Hoboken and Jersey City were inundated, and officials continue try seek exemptions for skyscrapers and large apartments from federal rules requiring flood-prone buildings to be elevated.
It said that group of people were most likely to be using the crash-prone version of Internet Explorer as that was the most recent version of the browser for that operating system.
Although the connection appeared to be strongest among high-status individuals, even lower-status individuals were more prone to ethical lapses if they felt that greed was good.
India also needs a bigger, better pool of tested players - the team cannot be expected to continue to rely on the redoubtable talents of the injury-prone Zaheer Khan, ageing batting superstars (Dravid, Laxman, Tendulkar and Sehwag have a combined age of 144 years) and off-colour spinner Harbhajan Singh alone.
You will be able to see what cars have proved to be reliable and which ones are prone to make you know your repair shop people on a first-name basis.
Policy errors are partly to blame for Japan's plight, but the awkward fact is that post-bubble economies tend to be prone to deflation.
Moreover, whatever their own personal feelings, Arab rulers are acutely aware that their citizens are prone to be disturbed by the sufferings of their fellow-Arabs, whether from sanctions in Iraq or blockade in Gaza.
The chancellor's partial redesign of benefits as tax credits has proved to be a costly and error-prone administrative nightmare, so abstruse that a casual observer can be forgiven if they suspect that obfuscation was one of the main objectives of the reform.
The biggest emerging markets, with their huge foreign-exchange reserves, appear to be almost crisis-proof (at least outside eastern Europe) in contrast to the seemingly crisis-prone rich world.
For me, the other striking thing that Mr Diamond said was that the eurozone would continue to be prone to "chronic event risk" in respect of the ability to finance themselves of the weaker peripheral economies - which many now see as including Italy and Spain, along with Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
It may be that this aggressive and risk-prone group was prepared to let it ride.
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Parents of over-fussy babies, or tantrum-prone children, will not be pleased to discover it is their very attentiveness that is making matters worse.
Their noncash nature renders them prone to valuation exaggeration that can impress would-be cash donors, burnish reported financial efficiencies or enhance reputations.
But helicopters, historically volatile and prone to cost-cutting demands by governments, may be GKN's weak link.
Adolescence can be a volatile stage in which teens are sexually curious, prone to risk-taking and susceptible to peer influence, which can lead to impulsive and inappropriate behavior, she said.
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Bowles, the new chief of staff who so far has sailed above the accusations and allegations in the controversy-prone White House, is said to be very upset to be in the middle of this latest flurry.
Mr Nonaka must be regretting that he manipulated events to put the amiable but disaster-prone Mr Mori in charge.
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