"The Tata Group has always recognized that the world marketplace is not divisible, " says R.

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One beauty of the Total and Suez stakes is that they are easily divisible or sellable.

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It is obvious that it has value: it is beautiful, portable, enduring, malleable, divisible and scarce.

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Instead, something that is portable, durable (fruit and vegetables are out) and divisible into smaller pieces is needed.

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That may be another reason why Chinese interest rates are divisible by nine: it is seen as an auspicious number.

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The anarchy on land is divisible from that at sea.

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