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On the spot it had occupied was a circular space, exposing an iron ring let into a square flag-stone.

But for problems demanding an iron will and a quasi-military strategy, like the war on crime, few were better suited.

"IT'S the economy, stupid, " James Carville's catchphrase from Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, is often seen as an iron political law.

mr tien said there was no reason to guarantee civil servants an iron rice bowl , when others had to make do with a chipped porcelain bowl.

cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay.

It's easy to forget, now that he's been so absent the last two years, that Yao Ming was once an iron man.

You, however, are not a vampire bat. Because humans did not evolve such an iron-extracting mechanism, drinking blood can kill us.

And yet conventional ideas of professionalism have such an iron grip on our minds that even startup founders are affected by them.

Hereupon he thought that where the key was, the lock must be also, and dug in the ground and found an iron chest.

Food in Malawi Roving around the world as a correspondent, one of the most useful qualities you can develop is an iron stomach.

"I'm fine. " My voice sounded strange. I tried to sit up, and realized he was holding me against the side of his body in an iron grasp.

He had to wear an iron mask for the whole trip and pay his way by selling pictures of himself.

Working in such a laundry was known as the "8-pound livelihood" because a person had to lift an iron weighing almost 4 kilograms all day.

There was a door which opened under the steps into the kitchen, protected by an iron grating, intended as a safeguard against burglars.

upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall , surmounted by an iron railing.

Manuel Uribe was rolled through the streets of Monterrey, Mexico on an iron bed with wheels as a crowd cheered him on.

Even coffee could not pull me out of it but as soon as I walked out to go home, I felt like I could do an iron man.

Six years of intensive training made her a young woman with an iron discipline and a steel mind.

When that elephant was just a baby, and not very strong, it was tied by a huge chain to an iron stake that could not be moved.

Knew that the kopeck is an iron man, but these many hidden dangers let us be unable to restrain to be anxious for him.

I had overlooked the necessity of having an " iron will , " my own powers of will having little or none of this peculiar metallic quality.

Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that gives the red color to blood. It also carries the oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

You possess an iron will, a strong ego and a unique personal magnetism . You make a loyal friend and a passionate lover.

In 2008 Mr. Gao invested in what he supposed was an iron-rich area, only to discover there was hardly any iron at all.

This time he took out an iron axe. The woodcutter was very glad. It was his axe.

We both felt painfully sensible that between us and these people there was an iron barrier, which could not be removed by our new friend.

An iron bar to which sliding fetters are attached, formerly used to shackle the feet of prisoners.

The Bible has clear instructions as to how a man should treat his wife, and it does not include ruling with an iron fist.

For the region, today's events prove once more that the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end.

If pregnant, take an iron supplement, as recommended by an obstetrician or other health care provider.

And this is usually done over catalysts, like an iron oxide catalyst or something.

If people encountered you when you were in wolfish form, they could throw an iron object at you and you'd reveal your human nature.

He would be the one who had been born on a bad hair day and who wore a wrinkled shirt that hadn't known an iron in several years.

He said that these probes installed in an iron rack just for the sake of saving public resources.

While passing by an iron bench I lose my balance again and my knee hits the corner of the bench.

Where it is most attracted me is a pair of tigers, especially Nazhi male tiger, they were initially kept in an iron cage large yard.

He spent last week preparing for the civil service exam. "We still have to find an iron rice bowl, " he said.

Ruth's mother seized his arm in an iron grip and propelled him from the living room to the dining room where the buffet was set up.

He was wearing all grey clothes, and he had an iron chain on his leg. he looked very tired and very hungry.

Chinese football has fallen into a vicious circle where problems were suppressed with an iron fist.

teleconference, Wen told governments at all levels to work with an "iron hand" to eliminate inefficient enterprises.

This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn.

Tsvangirai insists, however, that the man who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 29 years is no longer the main obstacle to democracy.

The only feature in my cell aside from walls and bars was an iron shackling ring in the floor.

It would still be considered a rocky planet, probably with an iron core and a silicon mantle. It could even have a dense steamy water layer.

Most people with low iron reserves do not know they have an iron deficiency.

Judah's sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

The White House is surrounded by an iron gate - which varies in height .

High voltage and AC operations, or operations on an iron tower and a mast on a thunderstorm day are prohibited.

A17th - century game in which a boxwood ball was struck with a mallet to drive it through an iron ring suspended at the end of an alley.

In Natalie' s room, in a boardinghouse on a side street, an old woman snored in an iron bed.

Remember when I first learned the "heart" the word the teacher said, "heart" is an iron spoon, is Chaodou.

There was a lawn, and flower-beds, and at the boundary an iron fence shutting off the little field or park.

"Grinding an iron rod, " said the old women without stopping grinding.

He has an iron will, which when focused and conscious is nothing less than fantastic determination.

Jack stops at an iron gate of a large yard. He gets out of the car and opens the hind door for Cheryl who gets out of the car lightly.

A local resident says the mayor uses a soft approach to smooth over public complaints while continuing to run the city with an iron fist.

"Nostalgia for the period when Stalin ruled with an iron hand is still widespread in Russia, " AFP noted.

Unidentified masked men who also smashed a Savings Bank with an iron bar the door, and lit in front of the garbage.

Then he stuck them on an iron plate using a mixture of ash, resin and wax, and held them in place with an iron frame.

The Hindu compass was an iron fish that floated in a vessel of oil and pointed to the North.

Change an iron pole. It's easy to stump any wood, and it needs the less strength than using iron pole.

He was able to wrap many turns of wire around an iron core without danger of circuits between the turns.

She had to wear an iron leg brace. Her doctors told her that she would never walk again.

I asked for an iron to press some shirts for my meetings but that simple request was refused and I had to pay extra to get shirts ironed.

Heme, a complex heterocyclic compound, is an organic molecule derived from porphyrin with an iron atom at the centre.

Even my daughter could end up ruling Denmark with an iron fist. The possibility is still there. You never know.

He was often accused of ruling with an iron fist and sponsoring rebellions all over west Africa.

It's an iron law of computing: hardware becomes commoditized, and the only question is how quickly.

"The great Titanic drew the New York toward her as an iron filing is drawn to a magnet, " The New York Timesreported.

47. An iron wire, which has higher resistance than copper or aluminium, will become red-hot when a strong enough current flows through it.

Believe or not, it could also be the sign of an iron deficiency.

Fiscal policy-taxation and public spending-is being kept on a tight rein by an iron chancellor.

The electromigration of Cd in contaminated kaolin soil by an iron (Fe) and activated char (C) primary cell.

An iron bar with one end bent like a rake, used to stir and skim molten iron in puddling.

High voltage and AC operations, or operatio on an iron tower and a mast on a thunderstorm ons day are prohibited.

A heme (HEM) is a multi-atom, non-proteinaceous organic structure capable of positioning an iron (FE) ion in its center.

He pulled an iron cauldron from his wagon, filled it with water, and built a fire under it.

A positive photograph made directly on an iron plate varnished with a thin sensitized film.

Less than two hours later, she was dead -- her skull crushed -- reportedly by blows from an iron bar.

Pregnant women and those with a diagnosed iron deficiency are most likely to benefit from taking an iron supplement.

They heated an iron chopstick until it was red hot, and then pushed that into a cow's udder.

but you will not be able to make your way in unless I give you an iron wand and two loaves of bread.

An iron ore shaft in Hebei was constructed by drilling. After removal of steel casing in the shaft, water leaked around the shaft wall.

'If you go with the girl, ' said the god, 'make an iron tube, put it into her vagina and break her teeth. '

It's an iron will that directors - starting with Zhang Yimou, her mentor and onetime companion - love to see broken.

I've just come from Europe, and in Europe they are going crazy about the way Chinese have an iron grip, you know.

Planets are thought to owe their magnetic fields to an iron core that is at least partly molten.

Not far away the stranger's horse, loosely tied to an iron ring in the wall of the donkey's stable, was grazing.

When he wanted to eat a goose's feet, he had the goose hung above an iron wok with a fire under it.

The notion that the moon has an iron core with a layer of molten iron surrounding it isn't new. But evidence so far has been indirect.

The basic physicochemical properties and reducibility of the scale and iron red in an iron and steel plant are researched.

The invention discloses a current transformer, which comprises a primary coil, a secondary coil, an iron core and a shell.

An oil-soaked bird struggles against the side of an Iron Horse supply vessel.

A recent case concerns Jim; he smashed the ADM with an iron-bar and grabbed a large amount of money.

Such issues have led some investors to question what would normally appear to be an iron-clad takeover offer.

To prevail in today's competitive job-search process, it requires an iron will and determination that you will not be defeated.

One day he saw an old woman grinding an iron rod on a big stone when he was playing by a river.

For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

A method for vibration control of an iron cantilever beam using the noncontact force of a permanent magnet was proposed here.

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.

and peek in closets to see if there's an iron and ironing board and enough hangers.

The fire pump jointer of the utility model comprises an iron screw cap, a copper ring, and an iron body pump.

The researchers used a custom-built microscope with an iron-coated tip to manipulate cobalt atoms on a plate of manganese.

She has burn scars on her right arm where he hit her with an iron.

The existing surveyor's pole is usually a bamboo or an iron rod.

The utility model relates to the improvement on a manhole cover with an iron skeleton concrete structure.

It turned out that whatever the outer core is made of, it isn't an iron-oxygen mix.

After this disappointing result, Premier Wen Jiabao warned in May that he would use an "iron fist" to meet the goal.

Firefighters spent four minutes getting the boa out of the bucket and putting it into an iron cage they brought with them.

He described it as an "iron curtain" falling across the middle of Europe.

Simple 4 " wide by 3" tall embroidered patch. Buyer would like an iron-on backing if possible otherwise, PVC backing will work.

He dispatched inspectors across half of the country to make sure local governments acted with an "iron hand" .

Revered by some, feared by others. Leo's heroic deeds are legendary and he rules his domain with an iron paw.

Cook tomato sauce in an iron pot for three hours, and its iron content increases strikingly.

Cook tomato sauce in an iron pot for three hours, and its iron content will increase evidently.

Early marionettes were controlled by an iron rod instead of strings, a form that survived in Sicily.

Mary Harris was a schoolteacher in the state of Tennessee when she married an iron worker named George Jones. They had four children.

But the corporate world fears anything less than an iron-clad exemption could be a wedge to heavier regulation in the future.

Blacksmith's only emphatically using then an iron ball knock can be an oneself's business and maintain own life.

The rotating part of a dynamo, consisting essentially of copper wire wound around an iron core.

I suddenly thought of a good way: with an iron tablets withstood so you can make candles at the centre of the more stable.

Hence, the rationale policy response is to proceed with capital account liberalisation while keeping an iron grip on the property market.

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto slid at least 1 percent after scrapping an iron-ore joint venture.

Your strengths include ruthless application of battle technique, an iron-willed determination never to surrender and unbounded enthusiasm.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal colony ruled by an iron- fisted administration.

Premier Wen Jiabao warned this spring that he would use an "iron hand" to close down factories and meet the targets.

"An iron curtain has come down, " he said.

Known to have anti-inflammation, antioxidant and anti-infective properties, it's an iron-binding machine that outcompetes pathogens.

To get the most out of life, one needs great physical powers and an iron constitution.

With an iron will--and at significant cost to the principles that free nations prize--Putin has brought Russia back as a world power.

and with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

The design process of the open circulating cooling water system which is in the service of an iron and steel enterprise is described.

No patient has been given an iron chelator via a continuous intrathecal infusion, which might be more effective.

A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium .

Every one's heart is like a door with lock, you cannot open it with an iron bar.

Sometimes underneath there could be an iron mine or something like that , which would affect your magnetic field .

Don't put the ornaments together with an iron products, otherwise its magnetism will be reduced.

But he must always wear an iron ring, ring studded with a stone on Mount Caucasus.

Our old former teacher used to rule the class with an iron fist.

It was an iron evidence which made me lost.

In Xi'an New City's drug rehabilitation center , a cured patient is fuming sulfur in an iron canister to cure an itch .

A marble figure of Mary is stretched upon the tomb, round which is an iron railing, much corroded, bearing her national emblem--the thistle.

The prophet Lehi compared the word of God to an iron rod.

The boss always appears kind and sympathetic but in fact rules with an iron fist in a velvet glove.

And the list goes on. Autocratic Arab governments have long controlled news and information with an iron hand.

Cover the area with a kitchen towel, then place an iron set on low heat on top. The towel will absorb the wax.

There is a story: a psychologist, put a tested very clever monkey, close to an iron cage.

Indeed, there is an iron overload in the mitochondria, that generates highly toxic oxygenated radicals for the respiratory chain.

She had an iron leg fitted and returned to war.

The little boy was burnt by an iron.

It is a simple matter to induce magnetism in an iron bar, given the necessary equipment.

Mother gently puffed the dust away off the flowers and put them into an iron caddy one by one.

So they ended up an Iron Age European society virtually unable to make their own iron.

"Therefore, the open-term contract is by no means an iron rice bowl. It will not lead to rigidity in the labor market, " Sun said.

The soldering wire is heated with an iron. The modules are placed on a special support.

The salty tea with milk uses green or black brick tea as its main material and an iron pot as the cooker.

He ruled this august orchestra with a brilliant ear and an iron fist.

The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.

An iron and steal works, with some satellite factories. is to be built here.

An iron and steel works, with some satellite factories, is to be built here.

The utility model has an integrative structure and comprises a casing, a coil, an iron core and an auxiliary contact.

In Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. 's character, Tony Stark, builds an iron suit that allows him to fly at supersonic speed. It is very cool.

"Kinmen had an iron curtain in the past because we surrounded ourselves with these iron bars, " said Li Zhu-feng, the county magistrate.

Connie : To do the ironing, they heated an iron over a fire. To make meals, they made a fire inside an iron stove.

If my heart had been an iron boiler it would have burst.

The miner, son of Australian-Armenians, is a smart if naive boy with an iron will and a heart that is easily broken.

Back gull bent like an iron bar slowly.

In this case, an iron-containing tattoo was removed by Mohs' micrographic surgery with an acceptable cosmetic result.

In an iron thermite reaction, iron oxide reacts with aluminum and comes out as liquid iron.

But they chose the dignity of peaceful protest over the rule of an iron fist.

Lactoferrin is an iron-binding protein that has been reported to inhibit several other types of cancer.

an iron fist in a velvet glove, " says designer Tu-Anh, co-founder and namesake of accessories line Tu-Anh. "

An iron that stood the ordinary test of a wet finger was too cold for Joe and Martin, and such test was useless.

His face was a change in an iron-clad blue.

He decided to rule with an iron hand.

The technical scheme is as follows: a flowerpot support is arranged in an iron tower.

A butterfly valve is generally 40% the cost of an iron gate. Not only low initial cost but low installation costs also.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an iron chlorophyll extract, which belongs to the technical field of medicines.

They are composed of beautiful olivine crystals (peridot) embedded in an iron-nickel matrix.

They gave us each a sword and pistols, and some ammunition, an iron pan, and a bottle of right French brandy.

Although Mr Nazarbayev runs the country with an iron hand, he is not an outright dictator.

Influence of Phosphorus on the property of an iron based matrix was investigated.

An iron-enriched diet is not necessarily good for all children, American researchers found.

The invention discloses a high-square-ratio amorphous nanocrystal strip and the manufacture of an iron core.

The yard was hemmed around by an iron fence.

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

And Africa isn't the only continent seeing an iron-ore boom.

He saw a cow fled to a stake, and an iron chopstick roasting on hot coals.

At one intersection, an iron hangers main road across the road, hanging in the air.

To ensure safety, power or water in the wet land in the vicinity of people buried more than a 1 m and an iron bar as a ground wire.

Look at his record, in his retirement he came to the states, made aspeech there, scared everybody: An Iron curtain had draw across Europe!

If an iron deficiency is found, adding supplements to the diet will help increase performance ability.

"We had an Iron Chef competition, men versus women, " Furtado giggles.

He retreated to Taiwan, which he ruled with an iron hand until his death in 1975, aged 87.

Fictional retellings of the story refer to the mask as an "Iron" mask.

She lives in a garden with an iron fence, in the Rue Plumet.

The conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron scepter.

the money for tickets into an iron box next to the driver.

Though democratically elected, this vindictive and power-hungry despot ruled his home world of Pantora with an iron fist.

Diagram 4 shows an investigation when an iron nail is put into a beaker of water.

The method can also effectively be used to coat a body with an iron aluminide coating.

The lactoferrin, an iron-binding glycoprotein, exits widely in secretions of mammals.

Japan had occupied Korea in 1905, annexed it five years later and ruled the territory with an iron grip.

My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the matriarch of our family, at that time our family was in New York.

If man is an iron-balance that weigh pains and pleasures, the scales are sadly askew .

But Egypt has been building an iron barrier, sunk deep into the sandy soil, to thwart this subterranean traffic.

The dictatorial Batista rules the island with an iron fist.

It is an iron fortifier with good mouthfeel, strong solubility and high security.

The caster contacts an Iron Angel to teach the weak to be strong.

Being in business for so many years, he has made a lot of money, but he is as mean as an iron cock.

The invention relates to an iron thermal analog test material quantity control method in the field of iron researching technology.

But the thought of having an iron rice bowl appealed to me then.

The invention relates to an ironing device, in particular to an iron comprising a large filling funnel.

fluke bar An iron rod with hooks dragged along the sea floor to impale fish such as flatfishes . Also called murderer.

The researchers start with the pigment Prussian Blue, an iron and cyanide compound.

Put sand in an iron cauldron and fry it with maltose on a fire.

The dictator had tried to rule Indonesia's millions of people (now 237m) and its 17, 000 islands with an iron fist from Jakarta.

As tall as a man, this great wolf has long tusked jaws that look like they could snap an iron bar.

'I kept my son in an iron cage for more than six years, ' says 53-year-old Zhang Meiying, in Gaomi City, Shandong province.

She makes her clothes smooth with an iron every evening.

According to the blood test, you are suffering from an iron deficiency anaemia, probably due to your heavy periods.

others have called for a move toward outright spot pricing, along with the development of an iron-ore futures market.

So I thought, "Why are we standing underneath this beam? " -Yeah! Was it an iron. . . beam, or a wooden beam?

Burma's military has ruled the country with an iron fist for decades.

A labourer works at a workshop of an iron and steel factory in Jiayuguan, Gansu province, China on July 28, 2010.

In order to survive, the Jews would have to build an "iron wall" of military power until the Arabs accepted their state's permanence .

In May premier Wen Jiabao promised to use an "iron fist" to reach the energy efficiency target.

The new arrivals rule their children with an iron hand.

An iron lock mechanism is arranged outside so as to be easily replaced.

An iron and steel works, with several satellite factories, is being built in the city.

Napoleon conquered by the force of an iron will.

This video shows an Iron Dome missile intercepting a rocket fired from Gaza at Tel Aviv on Sunday.

At home, Gaddafi rules with an iron hand.

An iron cauldron (upper R) is unearthed together with some early porcelain like bowls and pots.

It takes an iron will to be contrarian at such times.

Look at the hile of it----There's an iron twine protecting the weak wooden hilt.

Io is largely molten silicate rock with an iron core.

This window is not an iron yarn, because this window above, that is gripping the entire castle of iron over the mantle.

From an iron ore company perspective, our marketing people expect these things to happen.

Would you please bring me an iron and a board?

The handhold is formed by sheathing a rubber ring or movably sheathing an iron ring onto the saw blade.

Her own hair fell out several years ago due to an iron deficiency after childbirth.

He yells 1: "Prepare an iron net and chop down knife, firewood, after a while the monster came and held tight later set fire. "

A rock containing enough iron to permit commercial extraction; an iron ore.

Jin-Saotome modified an Iron Man movie action figure with Hulkbuster armor.

The candle stood on an iron candlestick.

Steel is an iron alloy made by combining iron , carbon, and some other elements .

To do ironing , they heated an iron over a fire.

An iron bar can be made magnetic by wrapping wire around it and passing an electric current through the wire.