Mr Erdogan's enemies claim that AK's moves to trim the army's powers are not to do with its European Union aspirations but with a desire to cement religious rule.

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Yet noble intentions do not, of themselves, move concrete, even rotting concrete like the cement-and-pine-cone slurry used to make the Elwha Dam, the first of the two structures to be built.

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For all the attention given to technologies like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, some of the greatest gains to be made in reducing the environmental risks of natural-gas production come from simple things like the proper pouring of cement well casings and the proper handling of chemicals and wastewater, so that they do not spill or seep into streams or water supplies.

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