The complex is a patchwork of various connected buildings added over the years, filled with a warren of hallways and quirky features such as the World of Rubber museum, conveyor belt-like "speed ramps" that were Goodyear-made hybrids of escalators and moving walkways, and a room filled with models of Goodyear plants.
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Iquitos was put on the world map during the rubber boom in the late 1800s.
Hublot, which gave the world the now de rigueur rubber strap, came back from the brink with the brilliantly conceived Big Bang series, unmistakably the bastard child of the Royal Oak, only edgier and probably aimed at wearers who would choose a Lamborghini over a Bentley, or a Black Russian over a glass of Masseto.
Famous for an annual wife-carrying competition, for regular success at the world air-guitar championship and record-breaking hurling of rubber boots and mobile phones, Finland can now claim another accolade: its citizens are reportedly the world's keenest pranksters.
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Koubek beat Greg Rusedski in the decisive rubber to relegate Britain from the Davis Cup World Group.
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It now appears to have bragging rights as the world's biggest maker of rubber gloves, at least in terms of its capacity.
The necessary skills overlapped most of all in Finland, which explains why Nokia, a company that grew up producing rubber boots and paper, could become the world leader in handsets.
The Serbians' hopes of going through to the last four may rest on Viktor Troicki, who was beaten in five sets by American No. 1 Sam Querrey in the second singles rubber after being asked to replace the injured world No. 10 Janko Tipsarevic.
You can make all the great impressions in the world on paper, but where the rubber meets the road is when you meet someone face-to-face.
Our main exports, tea, rubber, cocoa and garments, all became uncompetitive in the world market.
The city, once the world's toy-manufacturing capital, has a long history with rubber ducks.
With Djokovic leading the way and winning the conclusive rubber against John Isner, Serbia beat the might of the United States in the World Group first round earlier this month to reach the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time.
The seven-time F1 world champion was helping the Italian team with their own appraisal of the Bridgestone rubber.
On Saturday, world number nine Vera Zvonareva beat Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-4 in the opening rubber of the tie.
In fact, even though they were forced to sell their family-named company off before the start of World War II, after the guns stopped firing they found themselves missing the smell of burnt rubber and racetracks.
During World War I the company, which eventually became known as Hunter, produced 1.2 million rubber boots that soldiers could wear in trenches.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic gave Serbia the perfect start to the Davis Cup quarterfinal against the United States as the world's No. 1 men's player defeated John Isner in Friday's opening rubber in Idaho.
Spain won the Hopman Cup for the third time, beating Great Britain 2-1 in the final in Australia as world No. 4 Murray was upset by 16th-ranked Tommy Robredo in the men's singles rubber.
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