But in dogs the foil sometimes didn't evaporate on command and wasn't strong enough.
Post-It notes were famously invented when a 3M scientist developed a glue that wasn't strong enough.
Support wasn't strong enough in the Republican-controlled Congress to make the tax cuts permanent this year.
Beyond that, the Knicks' defense, just 18th in terms of efficiency, wasn't strong from a historical standpoint.
The judge effectively sided with the defense, saying the evidence wasn't strong enough.
Walgreen can't strong-arm the big PBMs. So it's trying to reach them obliquely.
If Democrats thought he wasn't strong, they should have recruited someone else.
Privately, some insurance-industry officials say losing the mandate might not be quite the blow some supporters suggest, because it already isn't strong enough.
For those who have suggested that the border security triggers outlined in the Senate bill aren't strong enough, we now have a chance to strengthen them.
Williams wasn't strong enough to handle the league's second-leading scorer and Dante Cunningham couldn't hang with him on the perimeter, presenting a matchup problem that certainly isn't unique to the Timberwolves.
Axelrod said Obama's appeal wasn't strong enough to overcome the "internal currents, " pointing out that former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch was among those leading the bid to bring the games to Madrid.
The business, he concluded, wasn't as strong as the figures in public filings suggested.
In another blow to Microsoft particularly, sales of tablets powered Windows 8 also haven't been strong.
Put another way, economic growth just won't be strong enough to lift all corporate boats.
Sophie doesn't define what she's done as betrayal, and neither would Frances, but definitions aren't her strong suit.
Some of the details weren't as strong, though, as same-store sales in North America rose by only 1%.
He says it doesn't have strong enough language in it to help homeowners.
Others weren't as strong in their defense of Domenici and sizing up how the revelations would affect this legacy.
Our players have some quality but, physically, some of them aren't so strong.
"As this season is working toward game 48, our commitment to defense has waned and hasn't been strong enough, " he said.
"Your knee isn't even strong enough to do jumping for a while, " said Shumpert, a 22-year-old who made his season-debut in January.
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Moreover, McCain has the same gloomy forecast hanging over his game plan, and he's already admitted economic issues aren't his strong suit.
The Storm "sold very well, " but wasn't a strong competitor to the iPhone, said Denny Strigl, at the time president of Verizon.
Well, then is there concern that these sanctions haven't been strong enough or working well enough to prevent this facility from being built?
"People from the communities like to touch you, to embrace you, to hug you, and physical contact isn't my strong suit, " he told Maclean's magazine recently.
"Their immune system isn't as strong as it might have been and they are being strongly advised to start the HIV treatment right away, " Dr Emerson said.
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If a society doesn't have strong property rights, risk-taking declines.
Rick Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service at Norman, said that while the storm packed a powerful punch, it wasn't as strong as the Moore tornado.
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And they weren't that strong to start off with.
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