Word: paints
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...research and development labs of steel giant ArcelorMittal in Belgium, researchers are trying to develop thinner, stronger steel that can replace plastic in washing machines and other appliances. They're also experimenting with coatings that are both environmentally friendly and more effective in fighting corrosion. Dulux Trade, the paint subsidiary of Netherlands-based chemical firm AkzoNobel, this year started selling Ecosure, a type of paint with much reduced amounts of embodied carbon and other volatile organic compounds. And at the R&D center of French cement firm Lafarge, director Pascal Casanova waxes lyrical about Ductal, a super-resilient product...
...parish priest, but he can't evict them from his life. Retired after 50 years on the Ford assembly line, Walt is as much an endangered species as the company he worked for. While he carefully maintains his house, white picket fence and all, the neighbors' homes have chipped paint and the sag of misuse. He's a cowboy stuck in the desolate Midwest, and instead of stubborn Indians and stud gunslingers, he's surrounded by Hispano-punks and Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. And now Tao (Bee Vang), a Hmong teen who's bullied by both ethnic groups...
...bright spot was the Crimson’s interior play, highlighted by 42 points in the paint. While freshman forward Keith Wright was hampered by double teams all night, senior forward Evan Harris contributed an impressive effort in the post, notching nine points (the team’s second most of the game). Inside moves by Harris on two consecutive possessions brought Harvard within one at 33-32 with two minutes left in the half...
...books, at a time when additional assets may well be losing value because the economy is weakening, means that recapitalizing the banks doesn't have the same effect that it would if those bad assets were removed from the books in the first place. It's like stripping old paint off a wall before applying a new coat, isn't it? Isn't this one of the lessons we both learned from Japan's mistakes in the '90s? And if not, what am I missing...
...keys to the Crimson’s victory was the ball movement around the perimeter and in the paint, and Pusar was a big part of this, regardless of his assist total on paper...