There have been concerns that over time the cement that is used to line the wells may give way under pressure.

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Brownlee knows exactly what he has to do to cement his place on the Hyde Park start line come 2012.

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In another milestone in Boston's recovery, the area around the marathon finish line was reopened to the public, with fresh cement still drying on the repaired sidewalk.

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Schmidheiny inherited Eternit, which manufactured a line of construction products that had begun in 1903 with asbestos-reinforced cement, at age 37.

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