The Wall conjures up images of a frustratingly impenetrable obstacle, but Dravid was much more than that.
And yet, there is a near impenetrable belief among anti-gun activists that guns are the cause of violence and crime.
Certainly Brahms led his personal life in just such a fashion, presenting a gruff, impenetrable exterior to his friends, and never letting romantic attractions lead to commitment or even, so it seems, consummation.
There are numerous hiking opportunities in the park, including the ascent of the 2, 364m-high Mount Iglit, and the loincloth-wearing indigenous Mangyan people who populate Mindoro's virtually impenetrable interior offer serious explorers a chance to visit one of Southeast Asia's most isolated tribes.
With every gully an almost impenetrable trench, and every boulder a bomb-proof bunker, it is very easy to defend and almost impossible to advance through.
That makes the telescope ideally suited for studying the formation of stars and galaxies, previously shrouded from astronomical view by clouds of impenetrable cosmic debris, and compiling a detailed analysis of their chemistry.
But fracking occurs below drinking-water aquifers, separated by a mile or more of impenetrable rock.
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Ford, in what is probably an unplayable role, has to maintain a tense, repressed, impenetrable expression throughout.
But then there are the streets of Ragusa Ibla, a mad wedding cake of impenetrable, ancient alleyways.
"This garage doesn't feel like a box that's impenetrable, " says Mr. Wennett.
But if you are old generation, or a brand, the chances are the world of apps is as impenetrable as creating websites was before blogging came along or before Facebook made it a breeze.
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Even today, with Chinese children learning English from primary school onwards, it's a barrier that can be almost completely impenetrable at times.
For millennials, impenetrable text-based PDF instruction manuals at banks are a pain point, he added.
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MPs also rebuked the department for not getting a grip on spending across Whitehall, and "impenetrable" book-keeping.
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If, however, they've hitched a ride on a catheter that's implanted into your body, then the bugs can grow a biofilm -- in short, a biological beachhead that will constantly reinfect you and is impenetrable to antibiotics.
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Polanski used the dour north coast of Germany as a substitute for the Vineyard in winter, and the cinematographer Pawel Edelman turns the constant downpour and gloom into a beautiful, slate-colored curtain a subdued but enveloping field of lies and secrecy, impenetrable to the Ghost, who is lost among power players far too clever for him.
"Even with all the transparency in the world you have to be a genius to understand these statements, " referring to the near-impenetrable description of derivative contracts and other off-balance-sheet items included in the financial reports and footnotes filed by the banks and investment banks.
Corning's darn-near-impenetrable Gorilla glass certainly isn't new -- in fact, we spied it in a few of Motion Computing's tablets just a few months ago -- but it's still not commonplace on mainstream gizmos.
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At the request of the provost he taught a class in ancient Greek literature in translation, sympathizing with students who found Thucydides impenetrable: The Modern Library edition has one map of the entire Hellenic world, with 180 labels on it.
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He transformed the association's previously impenetrable inner sanctum, moving the entire operation from Lancaster Gate to new offices in Soho Square and overseeing a fall in the average age of staff from 55 to 32.
Jackson brought his troops around, in a quick march, and arranged them in a broad front, in the woods that the Union commander on the right flank had judged to be impenetrable.
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