Frank Branham worked as general manager at a die cast plant in nearby Woodstock, Illinois.
The top and front covers are made from die-cast magnesium for a solid, yet functional design.
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The die was cast for Kinmonth as a polymath when he was just a boy.
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When HMRC ruled against the CVA exit from administration, which should not have surprised anyone, the die was cast.
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The die is cast, usually for years into the future - regardless of what might happen in the world!
The machine is made of magnesium through and through, with pressed metal on the lid and a die-cast variety on the bottom.
The camera's wrist-strap holder is made of die-cast zinc to withstand drops while a rotating lock secures the external memory slot cover.
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In today's metal-based gadgets, you either need to bend a piece of sheet metal, or die-cast with an inferior alloy like aluminum or magnesium.
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But I simply think that for Nokia and Research In Motion, the die has been cast.
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That die is likely cast the Tuesday before Shulman officially steps down, following the Presidential and Congressional elections.
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Alea iacta est - "the die has been cast" - and it may be long years before it comes to rest.
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But by then, the die had been cast.
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GST, Mr Howard has cast the die for tax to be a big election issue.
In the chanceries of Europe, the die has apparently been cast.
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Myths that particularly rile prison officials are reports that Supermax, southwest of Colorado Springs, is a dungeon where inmates are cast aside to rot and die, and that the prison is underground, which it obviously is not.
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The die - as banks would see it - was cast when in June the chancellor rowed in behind the initial findings of the Independent Commission on Banking on its proposal to partially separate, or ring-fence, High St banking from investment or 'casino' banking.
In December, Mr Chavez asked them to cast their votes for Mr Maduro if he were to die during his cancer surgery in Cuba.
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