One analyst I spoke with suggested that it could be that the kick pushed newly poured cement out of the casing, gumming up the controls.
It is also a mountain rich in limestone and has for decades been gouged out by cement companies.
In addition, whereas barnacles just ooze out their cement, Crassicorophium processes its material in a spider-like spinning duct.
But relying on this to cement national strength may turn out to be only a holding action technology is making local knowledge easier to replicate, and the price of most services is steadily falling.
Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- It's the week before finals at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and all over campus, students are hunched over books and laptops under the shelter of immense palm trees and sprawled out on the cement benches lining the campus' long, grassy mall, the anticipation palpable.
For example, out of that came UltraTech Cement, which is now India's largest cement firm.
Those who fail to mentor others are missing out on an opportunity to cement their legacy and to form the future in their own image, as well as a chance to build strong, loyal, and productive partnerships.
The doors of Nurbulat Masanov and Amirzhan Kosanov, of the Republican People's Party, were sealed with cement, and their telephone lines were ripped out.
It also highlighted how more Southeast Asian tycoons are breaking out of their home markets to cement a stronger presence in one of the world economy's most dynamic corners.
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Ben Uglow of Robert Fleming, a stockbroker, points out that the group's cement business may be vulnerable to cheap Asian imports, because its main markets are close to Brazil's coastal ports.
Keeping out "humanitarian aid" like cement in the region is critical, as it can be used for bunkers and modern tunnels to launch attacks, not to mention actual rockets should the blockade be broken.
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"Maryland might as well mandate that Southwest Airlines flights landing in the state have two tons of cement in their baggage holders, to even out its per-passenger cost with American and other majors, " says George Stalk, a Boston Consulting Group retailing expert.
Obama's recent gaffe, telling a crowd in San Francisco, California, that small-town Americans were "clinging to guns or religion" out of economic frustration, may help cement that advantage.
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But, in the end, Warwickshire were bowled out for for 375 just after lunch to cement Lancashire's place in third.
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He choked me until I passed out, smashed my head repeatedly into a cement floor, left hooked me more times than I care to recall, kicked me if I fell down, punched my breasts so they were terribly bruised, hit me in the face until I bled, etc.
Here is the economic punch line: The odd, but powerful, positive that I remember well about Greece was the many modest houses along the side of the rural roads made from cement blocks that had heavy duty rods or cables poking out of the top row of blocks on all four sides.
These days, authentic stone basins are scarcer than bustles, so trough- planting zealots have taken to making their own equally porous (and much lighter) containers out of hypertufa a mixture of portland cement, peat moss, perlite and fibermesh.
Without it, the energy boom will flow out of our leaky grid like oil from a bad cement-job.
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While many remember the failed blow-out preventer and bad judgement all-around, a sloppy cement job in the Macondo Well, meant to save a couple of days and a few hundred thousand dollars, failed.
But others point out that CCS is able to eliminate CO2 production from industries such as cement and steel, as well as electricity generation, again through absorbing it from waste gases.
Anas claims credit for nursing Padang out of financial difficulties in the 1970s, and urges Jakarta to give the cement industry the opportunity to save itself - without handing it over to foreigners.
As it turns out, a house is nothing more than a heap of rotting wood, crumbling cement and deteriorating mechanical parts.
The quarter saw Samsung and Apple cement their positions further at the top of the market as their brands and new products clearly stood out.
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In it, he pointed out that some 126 hectares of traditional land had been granted to Padang to supply raw materials for cement.
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