Word: cementing
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...things don’t exist doesn’t mean that they aren’t incredibly powerful rallying points. Santa Claus almost single-handedly incites massive consumerist frenzies during the holiday season. Likewise, polls and their “general public” do as much to cement massive conformity as they do to highlight differences in opinion...
...Beijing has ordered the country's banks to lend less to overheated sectors, including steel, cement and aluminum, and earlier this month dispatched inspection teams to seven provinces to ensure its dictates are heeded. Will it work? In Anhui, Hangxiao Steel recently increased its savings in case loans dry up. That's a good sign: if companies start borrowing less, growth might moderate to a more sustainable pace. From New York to Tokyo, savvy economists will do well to keep a watchful eye on places like Anhui. Now that China is at the heart of the global economy, the future...
...grew up amongst the scientists,” Margaret Atwood says wistfully, seated in the lobby of the Kendall Square Hotel. The Canadian novelist seems completely at home in the cement-block shadow of MIT, where she spoke last week, as well she should...
...yesterday the bustling street traffic largely passed by without noticing Mathews, who was standing on a cement pillar, holding a poster of a skinned...
Then it hits you like a cement truck...