The company is also suffering from razor sharp competition, which is driving down the price of steel on world markets.

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Further on, at St John the Baptist Catholic Church, police and soldiers were behind more razor wire, concrete and steel.

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James and his welders machined, riveted and hammered 18-gauge steel and razor-thin aluminum into a space-age-looking vehicle, applying some of the same construction methods Airstream uses in its shiny luxury trailers.

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