The implications were recognised by de Gaulle: if France were to be a power to be reckoned with in a world now defined by the cold war, it had to rid itself of the Algerian millstone whatever the objections of the settlers who would then have to seek refuge in France.
Far from being an asset, the McGuinty name has turned into a millstone for the Liberals, and not just in Ottawa South.
It is now clear that the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, who has carried the transport portfolio like a millstone, will be handing it on after the election that is expected in May.
"Decoupling Tree now is really taking a millstone off the other company's necks, " added Lindsay.
Now that GM is selling only 18.6% of the cars in the U.S., the dealers are a millstone.
Millstone : The markets have done what they were "supposed" to do.
Millstone strongly supports the idea of following companies that are run by women and wishes more companies were run by women.
In the meantime the most innovative tag is a millstone, forcing its share price down despite its enviable economic success.
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Sharon and Lawrence Tarantino love the Frank Lloyd Wright house they bought in Millstone, N.
Smucker, the owner of Dunkin Donuts, Folgers, and Millstone coffee brands, announced a 9 percent price increase in August.
Even some Democrats (such as the fiscally conservative Blue Dog coalition of congressmen) see Obamacare as a millstone around their necks.
But in a sport in which everyone seeks an edge, what doesn't seem fair is being rewarded by the powers-that-be with an edge that might be more of a millstone.
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The group targets Britain's Huntingdon Life Sciences Laboratory, which has an American facility in East Millstone, New Jersey.
And the defibrillator market, once a steady source of growth, has been stagnant, acting like a millstone for Boston Scientific, which snagged Guidant, and rival Medtronic.
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Sacha Millstone, senior vice president at Raymond James, doesn't expect to see new car makers in the U.S. or Europe.
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