However, Mr Clay said in his speech that, as under the Moi regime, much public money continues to be siphoned off through dodgy procurement contracts.
Furthermore, Clay said he got his best tips from his students.
James Ferris, of the Syracuse suburb of Clay, said he offered to resign as president but the offer was rejected.
Clay, Vasavada said as an example, begins to break down at 530 degrees Fahrenheit (277 degrees Celsius).
"I didn't have high expectations coming here but I wanted to get some matches and get used to the clay surface and the whole mindset of playing on clay, " said Hewitt.
He said the clay soil had absorbed recent rain and snow, making it more unstable.
"I came off a long break, so I was nervous out there, " said the clay specialist.
"It was a really great match and that was the best I've ever felt on clay, " she said.
Boston said RHP Clay Buchholz (7-0) is slated to start Sunday's series finale against the Yankees' Hiroki Kuroda (6-3).
"I really love the clay, " Williams said on the WTA website.
Yvonne Lister, of clay company Imerys, said there had been a steady rise in illegal fly-tipping on its land, over the last two to three years.
But the resulting show introduced her art to an audience of newer collectors, and since then, "people have taken a second and third look" at her output, said art adviser Clay Press.
"People say, 'Americans, they're not that good on the red clay, ' " Oudin said.
The authority said it was using clay to plug the 13ft (4m) wide hole, caused by the collapse of a mine shaft.
Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson have long-term injuries that will keep them out through at least the first month, and on Friday Yankee brass said that lefty specialist Clay Rapada will join them on the DL. Starter Phil Hughes is likely to start the season on the shelf as well, while Derek Jeter's status for the first week is up in the air.
"I played one of my best matches on clay against a difficult opponent, " Nadal said.
Stoke-on-Trent city council said it expected two more loads of clay to be delivered on Friday.
The clay approach was slightly different in women's tennis, however, as some players tended to approach clay matches similar to hard-court games, he said.
"I feel fit and strong enough to play the Masters in Rome and Hamburg and the World Team Cup, " said Hewitt, whose least favourite surface is clay.
The sample had between 20% to 30% of a type of clay called smectite, which forms in the presence of water, Blake said.
"I was a little hesitant out there on the clay in the beginning because it was just my first match, " said Capriati, the tournament's third seed.
The slower pace and higher bounce also meant big servers like Sampras were negated on clay and certain types of players were better suited to it, Sears said.
"He's been so dominant for so long on clay, but everyone knew that just couldn't last, " said Djokovic, who was also beaten by the Spaniard in last year's Rome final -- Nadal's last tournament win.
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Girardi said there's a small possibility that left-handed reliever Clay Rapada (shoulder) will be ready for opening day.
And Ford chief William Clay Ford Jr. inserted into his negotiating lineup an executive whom Gettelfinger is said to trust.
The robbers took 65 to 68 clay and brass statues, and a gold ring, police spokesman Athanassios Kokkalakis said Friday, the day of the theft.
The loose surface and different clay characteristics meant the crushed-brick surface required a different game plan, he said.
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