So the researchers reckoned that if they mixed casein with the clay and added glyceraldehyde (which substitutes for the poisonous formaldehyde used in the original plastic), they might be able to make something really rather useful.

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Some people, however, reckoned she was steaming because so few members of her party had been included in the president's new cabinet.

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It's reckoned that, with 40 billion or so barrels extracted so far, there are a further 24 billion to go.

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So Mr Cavalcanti will remain a force to be reckoned with.

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So they chose cities and regencies instead, because they reckoned that these would not be large enough to break away.

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Oil and Gas UK recently reckoned that 40 billion barrels (or gas equivalent) have been extracted so far, and between 14 and 24 billion are left.

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But they reckoned without Strauss and Malan who put together the highest partnership of the match so far in 48 overs.

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So far the Obama Administration treats Chavez as a nuisance to be left alone but not challenged or reckoned with in any substantial way.

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