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THE Postal Service is taking the "ship" out of shipping, and thousands of small online booksellers are bracing for trouble.

And with that, he yanked me to my feet and, bracing me with one arm, escorted me to the elevator.

Far from living up to the bracing rhetoric of his inaugural, he has not been tough enough.

Like the standard TIE, the interceptor has a ball-shaped single-pilot cockpit suspended between a pair of bracing arms.

He said the U. S. and its allies are bracing for what may be coming.

VISITORS, taxi drivers and residents are bracing themselves for a bit of confusion in the port-city of Durban, now also known as eThekwini.

Happily for the Lakers, there was more going on than bracing for the next eight weeks.

There are scenes when Mrs Obama is a little hard on her husband, but over the years she has clearly been a bracing influence.

This sort of global contest for grey matter certainly makes for a bracing environment.

And college students, like this woman from California, are bracing for a very difficult job market after graduation.

The unpopular government is bracing for collapse, and on Tuesday, Irish government bonds continued a week-long slide to a fresh record low.

It was so bracing, so shocking, so out of line that I thought it a joke.

America is bracing for across-the-board federal spending cuts, known as a sequester, that will automatically begin Friday.

Equally striking has been a wave of lay-offs at much smaller start-up companies, which are bracing themselves for a coming recession.

you need a serious and a bracing reality check if you think my life is perfect!

the switching seat is provided with a guide rod, and top bracing seat correspondingly forms a pair of guide grooves.

Banking regulators are bracing for a slew of failures over the next year as analysts say housing prices have yet to bottom out.

In a few years ' time , nostalgia will set in for the go-go years on Wall Street and for the bracing moral certainties of neoconservatism .

You know: a visually bracing and assured movie that also boasts fine writing, stellar acting and timeliness.

Rwanda is bracing itself for one at the beginning of next month, and after that Tanzania, Chad and several others are due to follow.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U. S. banks are bracing for possible deflation and, if it comes, it will not be pretty for lenders, analysts said.

The self-weight of the structure includes all beams, girders, columns, slabs, walls, bracing, and any other structural elements.

So the latest initiatives blandly seek to "put power in people's hands" , but without the bracing edge of a crusade to shrink government.

A yielding fuse device is provided for use in association with a brace member in a bracing assembly for a structural frame.

EBay executives are bracing for a wave of dissatisfaction among some of its users as the changes take effect.

Although bracing itself for social unrest this autumn, the French government believes it has done enough to support the economy.

Portal bracing is usually more costly and its use is limited to special cases.

Many businesses, bracing for a prolonged economic slump, have shelved expansion plans that would have required them to line up a loan.

Even those who found the actuality of school sport a bit bracing agreed it would be good, character-building stuff for their children.

The same source also said security forces had been bracing themselves for a bombing campaign by the separatists.

Soil pressure of the excavation is one of the important coefficients for dependable and reasonable bracing structure designs.

In northern china, autumn is usually characterized by the clear sky and bracing air.

With humour and a sense of romance, she has written an intellectually bracing travelogue of literary adventures.

The results are a bracing blast of fresh air, which deserves to scour away some of the tax junk that has accreted over the decades.

Oh honey! You need a serious and bracing reality check if you think my life is perfect!

The concept of eccentric bracing in seismic design of steel building frames has gained substantial acceptance in recent years.

The more bracing market conditions may renew hopes that the euro will be a catalyst for reform. The record so far is disappointing.

There is now little doubt the industry is bracing for a difficult year ahead, and Asia is no exception.

Financial-services workers are bracing for an icy dive into a shallow year-end bonus pool.

The text thoroughly discusses and illustrates the general principles of taping and bracing for each major joint and body region.

The desktop billboard consists of a panel, a top plate, a bottom plate, a bracing plate and a mark board.

We had to rush to save our lives, for us it was panic, everybody was shouting, everybody was bracing slogan against the militants there.

The hut included a hearth, or fireplace and was made by bracing branches with a circle of large and small stones.

Pakistan's government, bracing itself for public anger and revenge attacks, grimly declared that it was caught unawares by the raid.

'We will respond to it, bracing ourselves for death, ' he said.

After hours, days, of elemental splendour, it's bracing to see the seaside grow suddenly productive and menacing.

Try to breathe naturally while bracing the stomach muscles to keep the position on the ball.

For certain configurations of the structural bracing system, lateral wind loads can be much more severe than normal wind loads.

To provide lateral stiffness to the building, a system of bracing may be designed to resist lateral forces due to wind or earthquake.

If the floor is not sufficiently rigid to transform the loads, a horizontal bracing system must be provided between bents.

The door frame type bracing structure is one type of bracing structure which is developed and formed on the basis of double-row piles.

The bracing findings were one explanation for a spate of new burger, pizza and barbecue places that popped up this year, the survey noted.

Skepticism might not be as bracing as freedom, but it's something we could have used a bit more of in the past few years.

The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama's top counterterrorism official said on Friday.

Parts of the central US are bracing for winter Round Two, parts of Oklahoma and Missouri expecting a half foot of snow this weekend.

The country is bracing itself for the enemy invasion .

during the war he had manned weather stations, both balmy and bracing, in Malta, North Africa and Shetland.

The Big Bang Theory Season02 Episode06 I love this time of the year. The leaves are turning, there's a bracing chill in the air.

But Israel had been bracing itself for some form of retaliation.

The utility model consists of an expansion shell, an expansion bracing and a screw.

It lacked the intensely blue atmosphere of the rival vale , and its heavy soils and scents; the new air was clear, bracing, ethereal .

FIXED RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS. EQUIPMENT FOR OVERHEAD TELECOMMUNICATION AND SIGNALLING LINES. BRACING COLLARS FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE POSTS.

The National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), across the border from Xishuangbanna, a hotspot for Chinese tourism, is also bracing itself.

When recognized early in adolescence with progressive kyphosis, bracing treatment will usually result in modest correction of the deformity.

Analysts and investors were bracing for the tests to deem up to 20 banks capital-deficient.

Bents May be braced in a number of ways. The full diagonal bracing is the most economical type of wind bracing .

In this paper, friction energy dissipation bracing and elastic plastic relation of a frame are discussed.

OFFICIALS are bracing themselves for a storm of public outrage over their controversial X- ray cameras scheme .

The stability of bracing system in excavation is influenced by many factors, some of them have both random and ambiguous characteristics.

Even before this week's riots in Britain (see article) governments were bracing themselves against protests stoked by the economic downturn.

Thomas P. M. Barnett's bracing confidence and radical recommendations make him a powerful force shaping the future of the US military.

F. Longitudinal and transverse bracing to be connected to standard with swivel couplers.

Laboratory testing for "new technology on dynamic design and information construction of the excavation bracing"

FIXED RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS. EQUIPMENT FOR OVERHEAD TELECOMMUNICATION AND SIGNALLING LINES. RINGS FOR BRACING BOLTS.

Perhaps bracing for further weeks of uncertainty, Tokyo residents and others have been stocking up on petrol and provisions.

But on the evidence of the first fortnight of the operation, Pakistanis are bracing themselves for much more violence to come.

The sphincterotomy is to facilitate catheterization , balloon dilatation or inner bracing tube.

Fixed railway installations. Equipment for overhead telecommunication and signalling lines. Tie and bracing bolts.

A little bracing roughness is better than spoiling him.

With August options expiring on Friday, options investors are bracing for a quiet market next week.

Tokyoites are bracing themselves for a scorching, sweat-filled summer, indoors and out.

Already the US is bracing itself for implementation of the stricter interpretation of the milk and milk product import rules from the EU.

As these shapes were refined, the curving disk arms were turned into the triple bracing arms found clutching the gyroscopic cockpit ball.

Central US Midwest though is bracing for a heavy winter storm this week.

It is researched that the forced features of the joints of the multi-story spanned diagonal bracing system for Chengda Tower in Chengdu.

Students who had hoped for a finance career are looking elsewhere -- or bracing themselves for short-term work at much lower pay.

And Ireland is bracing itself for a credit downgrade on its sovereign debt.

During installation interim (temporary) bracing is needed on both sides of the steel trusses to keep them from toppling or moving.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles police were bracing for an expected flood of people attempting to attend the singer's memorial service on Tuesday.

And, more to the point, the bracing tea is rather like Mrs Cheung herself.

Provisions for bracing force of secondary members in tower structures are diverse in different current technical documents.

Comparing with horizontal support, the bracing systems of pile and oblique bracing have obvious advantages in big and deep foundation pit.

Equal in length, and a network of transversal wind-bracing elements.

Soil nailing is an economical and convenient bracing structure for foundation pits.

Further north, Rockhampton is bracing for rising water that officials say could cut the city off by the weekend.

Connections and boreholes for auxiliary and temporary bracing shall be removed or blocked off after the bracing has been dismounted.

Now the surge is continuing south toward the Gulf of Mexico, where New Orleans is bracing for its own crest around May 23.

In Somalia, President Sharif Sheik Ahmed also said his government was bracing for possible reprisal attacks by al Qaeda-backed groups.

Hedge-fund and private-equity managers are bracing for intensified scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The dry bracing climate and the smoothness of the land make labor easy for men and beasts .

Even before privatisation, its private-sector rivals have been bracing for trouble.

Both the gun rights and gun control movements are bracing for a political upheaval.

Companies are bracing for new government rules, particularly on the capability and strength of well-control equipment.

And many are leaving the cash haul on their balance sheets, bracing for the possibility of fresh crises or leaner growth ahead.

Taken together, they show that the industry's leaders are bracing themselves for a period of upheaval.

Bank of America is bracing for another wave of loans to go bad as the recession drags on.

Managers are bracing themselves for another round of poaching in the coming months after bankers receive their annual bonuses.

Two months prior to the shipment, supplier shall submit shipping drawings showing bracing and lifting method.

To remove devices or supplies from electric poles or towers or bracing wires, remove or damage permanent marks or marking plates.

Business is bracing for harder times. Expectations have been falling since February, according to the Ifo Business Survey.

And being savagely , brutally rude to someone who you feel deserves it is as bracing as a roll in the snow .

If Benitez is sacked, the FA will be bracing themselves for an approach for Fabio Capello from Inter.

Bracing for a sharp downturn, the Fed this week cut its interest-rate target half a percentage point to 1%.

Nuns enjoy a bracing walk along the Llandudno Pier in Llandudno, United Kingdom.

Beijing is bracing for possible pressure coming from the new Obama Administration to allow its currency to appreciate.

He says boards are also bracing for complaints, and efforts to curb executive pay, at next year's shareholder meetings.

Given the context, Tompkins' straightforwardness and refusal to moralize is bracing.

Spray anchor bracing technique has been developed quickly in the bracing engineering of deep foundation pits and has gotten an ideal effect.

In the weeks before the tenth anniversary of September 11th, the authorities had been bracing for something big.

Then it will store every calorie as fat, bracing itself for the next period of famine.

The bracing support structure is an important junction in the process of foundation excavation.

Prepare for the exercise by bracing (contracting) your abdominals from top to bottom.

' He added that the move shows Citigroup is 'bracing itself for the bumpy road ahead.

After the selloff, investors were bracing for Friday's monthly jobs report, which could further rattle the markets.

As China joins the global economic slowdown, its hospitality industry is bracing for tougher times.

Insulators and fittings for overhead lines. Metal fittings. Twining and bracing rods (TG).

It is presented that the bracing structure of double row pile is as the cantilever one row pile while the spacing of two rows is too close.

is bracing for a potential hurricane double punch.

The oil industry, which was unprepared for a disaster on this scale, is bracing for change as U. S. government oversight increases.

Gaza residents are bracing for clashes after Fatah and other Palestinian groups called for sunset street prayers despite a Hamas ban.

With Citigroup bracing for as much as $11 billion in mortgage-related losses in the fourth quarter, the capital levels could dive again.

But Washington is bracing itself for the possibility that it won't.

Buckling failure of column-bracing systems is caused by buckling failure of a column.

"And now in the early 21st century we are bracing for a fourth pandemic, " he says.

EUROPE'S political leaders are bracing themselves for a big new row about global competition: over China.

As schools reopen, health authorities are bracing themselves for another rise in swine flu.

Optimization of bracing plans for deep foundation pit is a important task of bracing design.

Civilian and military authorities also were bracing for another barrage from the North.

In the US, too, financial institutions are bracing for defaults on credit cards and personal loans.

The preliminary bracing and temporary construction are simulated with space iso-parametric shell element that can bear axle bending.

The leaf spring mounted transversally does require additional Bracing; control arms and strut rods are therefore used.

Observers are bracing for more labor unrest in the coming months as businesses close or lay off workers.

He was grateful to the girl FOR this bracing sensation of independence.

An advance multi-point bracing means is proposed to minish length variation of gauge blocks.

They will now have to make their way in a bracing new world of self-employment or co-operatives.

As their planes arrived, the soldiers received a bracing reminder that they had entered a war zone.

spacing, and radial rim bracing for greater structural stability.

In Tripoli, the mood was mixed on Sunday, with many residents bracing for the worst.

WOOD JOINERY. WOODEN SHUTTERS WITH HORIZONTAL AND SLANT BRACING.

Have our souls immersed in the autumn tints and and the bracing chill in the air.

Meanwhile the floors tie the inner frame to the outer one, bracing the entire edifice.

So I was bracing myself for the moment.

In China, where most families are allowed only one child, baby-related businesses are bracing for an influx of " piglets " .

The bracing arms surrounded a rotating gyroscopic ball that housed the droid's brain.

Asia's travel industry, struggling with weak demand because of the weak global economy, is bracing for the fallout from the swine flu.

Baker's initiative could ease pressure on Britain's transport network, which is bracing itself for sweeping spending cuts in the Autumn.

And Turin is bracing itself for flooding as torrential rains move eastwards.

Indeed, wind bracing also was not generally required.

To tie animals, hang up objects or wind crops to electric poles, towers and bracing wires.

However, the McGladrey report suggests the sector is bracing itself for worsening conditions.

Hawaii and nations on the Pacific are bracing for a wall of water.

Japan is bracing itself for gloomy employment and output figures on Friday.

In the bracing climate of the Bronx, such problems seem distant.

The utility model discloses a bracing wire switch which can display on-off state.

"Ready as I'll ever be, " she answers, bracing herself.

This has left garment manufacturers in Asia bracing for higher costs.

you've had a stressful day at work and now you' re bracing for the white-knuckle1 ride home.

That's because most investors were bracing for even weaker margins -- something closer to 61%.

A hot bath is even more awesome if followed by a bracing cold shower.

For example, companies do not need to venture abroad to feel the bracing sting of international competition.

The group's leader, Xu Zhiyong, is bracing himself for possible arrest.

drilling frame bracing should be added or ropes.

It is feasible for using FLAC3D to simulate the anchor force and deformation of deep foundation pit bracing structure.

But if the private equity culture is bracing and challenging, it is also highly supportive.

Cancer is already our top killer and we are bracing ourselves for the disease burden to increase as our population ages.

Car makers are bracing for the impact, quietly.

They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.

The 9th lunar month, with clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing.

The government says it is bracing for a possible militant backlash.

Business is bracing for harder times.

Facilities like horizontal bar should be fixed by bracing wires because of the looseness caused in long time.

What makes Mr Hart's version so bracing is his method.

Some emerging economies, such as Brazil and Indonesia, have started to cut rates, bracing for Europe's problems to hit them.

But credit derivatives have yet to face a really bracing test.

Bracing stuff indeed.

Gets or sets the style to use for bracing.

The result is a bracing warning that the future is likely to bring only hard choices.

A threaded hole is drilled in the middle of the expansion bracing, such as (Figs 4), which corresponds with the screw.

The whisky was bracing him too.

She is already budgeting for the 5 percent cut to her $2, 000-a-month salary and bracing for more.

Students too, having defeated Mr de Villepin last year, are bracing for a new struggle.

or is it poised or bracing for more action?

Soil nailing bracing, a new retaining technique, is economic , reliable , simple and quick , and has been widely used in our country.

Toyota is bracing for a slowdown in Japan after a 16-month-old tax break on lower-emission cars expires in September.

It is bracing to learn, for example, that the prohibition on splitting the infinitive is fairly recent.

Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Used for Design of Soil-Nail Bracing

Construction Program of Soil-nail Bracing Structure for Foundation Pit of A Refrigerator Station of Shaanxi Culture-sports Center

New model for the lateral soil pressure distribution of composite soil nailing bracing and its engineering application

The Influence upon the Fatigue Stress of Longitudinal Bracing Rods Due to the Transverse Vibration of Steel Bridges

Features of displacement at the top of enclosure piles and analysis of the stiffness formula of bracing system

The ruling party of Nicolas Sarkozy is bracing itself for a bad result in France's regional elections

Deformation monitoring schemes appraisal on deep foundation pit bracing of a mansion in Hefei

New Composite Wall Structure; Simplified Calculation Model; Frames-Elastic Composite Panel Combined Model; Rigid Frame-Whole Bracing Model;

The influence of friction energy dissipating bracing stiffness on suppressive effectiveness of structure vibration

An Experimental Study of Models on Small H-Steel Soil-cement Wall Foundation Pit Bracing Mechanism

Longitudinal bracing Vertical bracing X-bracing Portal bracing between column Roof bracing Trussed bracing Angle steel stiffening

Optimizing the Deep Foundation Bracing System Using Fuzzy Multilayer Comprehensive Appraisal Method

Numerical Simulation of Horizontal Brace System in Bracing Structure Combined with Underground Structure

freight container general cargo hand pallet truck horizontal bracing industrial door industrial vehicle

Application of Standard Section Tunnel Lining Mould Bracing Arch for the Construction of Lining of Variable Section

The Analysis of Internal and Deformation of the Bracing Structure after Considering Bracing Lagging

Construction Technology of Circular Bracing Applied to Deep Foundation Pit

Correlation between fatigue properties of welded I-section bracing members and characteristics of cyclic loading

Study on the Calculation Method of Earth Pressure for Pile-anchor Bracing Structure Considering the Excavation- rebounding Effect

Application Study of Anchor Tube Pile Bracing of Composite Soil Nailing

Calculation of load-carrying capacity and experiment research on seismic behavior of mid- rise shear wall with concealed bracing

Design and practices of retaining and bracing system for deep excavation combined with substructure of super-high-rise building

Structural Performance of the Deep Foundation Pit Bracing with Circular Diaphragm Wall

The Method of Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Applied to Bracing System for Deep Foundation Pit

On Construction of Filling Piles and Steel Bracing Structure for a Building

Reliability Analysis of the Stability of Cantilever Bracing Structures

Test verification and analysis of calculation theory of water pressure on bracing construction of foundation pit

The Influence of Transverse Vibration upon Longitudinal Bracing Rods to Reinforced Parallel Steel Plate Beam

Application of Explosion Technology to Demolishment of Concrete Foundation Pit Bracing in Downtown Area

The Reliability Analysis of Stability of Bracing Structure for Deep Foundation Pit in Multiple Instability Modes

Application of Two-Step Setback Support and Oblique Bracing to Deep Foundation Pit

The Displace Prediction Method of Bracing Construction in Deep Foundation Pits Using Artificial Neural Networks

a braking device is arranged on the bracing frame for controlling brake components of the rotation part;

Discussion on the selection of bracing scheme of foundation pit and the calculation of lateral soil pressure distributed on piling wall

The Effect of End Bracing Location on Out-of-Plane Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Steel Arch Bridges

Vertical bearer and resisted wind bearer of bracing girder of Runyang Changjiang Highway Wire Suspension Bridge

Application of the System of Settled Pipe-Gouting Pile Hole Construction with Backing in the Base-pit Bracing

Application of Mean-Squared Deviation Weight Decision in the Optimization of Deep Foundation Bracing Scheme

Steel frame, braced (extensive bracing, detailing and proportions are important)

Influence of Transverse Bracing on Mechanical Properties of Concrete-filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridge

Application of fuzzy consistent matrix theory to optimization of bracing projects for deep foundation pit of metro

Transverse Bracing Technology for Prestressed Concrete Bridge

Application of the Internal Bracing System to the Retaining for Deep Foundation Pits

Case Analysis of Engineering Accident of Foundation Pit Bracing Using Gravity Stirring Pile as Retaining Wall

Effects of stiffness of bracing member on electromagnet-friction energy dissipation system

Longitudinal Temporary Horizontal Bracing in Rebuilding North Jetty

Research on Construction Technique for Adjustable Platform Bracing System

The bracing and fusing pattern of longitudinal veins at base in living mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)

formwork and its bracing strength, rigidity and stability

Application of Bracing Technique of Mixing Piles and Anchor Rods for Deep Foundation Pit Excavation in Guangzhou

Discussion of Strengthening and Improving Inspection Quality of Cracks in the Bow-Shaped Brake Beam Bracing Strut

The application of bracing technique in a deep foundation pit in Shijiazhuang

A Fuzzy Optimal Theory Model Comprehensive Evaluating Bracing Deep Foundation Pit Program

Practice and Evaluation of Combined Bracing Project under Complex Condition in Soft Soil Foundation Pit

A Study of Optimum Seeking Decision for Bracing Schemes of Deep Foundation Pit based on Artificial Neural Network