What goes for an airport or a bay can be scaled up to an ocean, or the air above it, and down to the flow off an aircraft's wingtip, or a ship's hull.
In 1987 it threatened to cut the flow off, and in 1990 it did so, for a month, to allow the lake behind its giant Ataturk Dam to fill up.
Secretary of State John Kerry, on a surprise one-day visit to Baghdad, pressed Iraqi officials Sunday to cut off the flow of Iranian arms to the Syrian government and warned that future American aid to Iraq could be at risk if it doesn't.
That users could choose to shut off the flow altogether would be a prod to advertisers to create the appearance of value in their marketing messages.
It failed to close off the flow when activated just before the explosion.
Countries like Brazil could conceivably raise taxes on foreign investors buying local currency bonds to ward off dollar flow and sharp appreciation of the Brazilian real.
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BP, the well's owner, has been dropping dispersant chemicals on the slick and trying to shut off the flow using remote-controlled submarines, but has had no luck.
So, it was easy to figure out the kind of tasteless comments that caused the Yahoo editors to shut off the flow, which can run into the hundreds of thousands of remarks within hours of a controversial posting.
EU's privacy directive also authorises member states to cut off the data flow to other countries, including the United States, which do not have (by its lights) adequate privacy laws.
His successor will face the dilemma of whether to shut off the Carlsbad irrigators to make sure that enough water can flow down to the Red Bluff reservoir in Texas.
Even after Shafiul was superbly caught low to his right by Matt Prior off the persevering Tim Bresnan, the runs continued to flow, many of them through the same third man region.
Meanwhile, containing capital spending throws off enormous increments to free cash flow.
Manicured, repaired, landscaped and artificially lit, dangerous overhangs dynamited off and water flow managed to suit the tourist schedule, the Falls are more a monument to man's meddling than to nature's strength.
When asked if selling off assets to improve margins and cash flow would be under consideration, Rollinson said no.
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Nor did it shut off the flow when its connections to the rig were lost, as it should have.
Starving either the Food and Drug Administration or the National Institutes of Health would be disastrous for the industry, cutting off the flow of new products to the market and the flood of new ideas from academia to industry research labs.
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The supply to homes had to be switched off for a short time while engineers worked at the scene in Berkshire to stop the flow of water.
But Syria could certainly cut off the flow of re-supply to Hezbollah, which eventually would be felt, and Hezbollah could not ignore that if Syria took that step.
New Jersey Natural Gas cut off gas flow completely on Thursday in order to stop the fuel to these fires, but much damage was done.
Storm surges of 15 feet caused entire homes to be swept off their foundations when water couldn't flow underneath, as properties built on pilings allow.
The gas rushes out rapidly in the first year or so before tailing off quite fast to a third of the original flow and gradually declining thereafter.
The runs soon began to flow again and the opener hit two fours in an over off Steyn soon after the resumption and swept slow left-armer Paul Harris for six over mid-wicket.
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Gamma-ray emitters bounce atomic particles off rock formations to see the size, density and flow of oil reservoirs.
If the freshet of new money comes to an end and the dollar flow attenuates, all bets could be off.
The researchers who developed Tropolis said they worked closely with moms and kids to tweak the texture so that it would flow through the tear-off opening.
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The problem is not only how to get rid of the heat, but how to cope with the very large electrical currents that must flow on and off the chip without melting the connecting leads.
"We cannot cut off the flow of foreign workers abruptly but we have to slow the growth, " he said.
The IPO market got off to a strong start in 2011 in terms of deal flow, but the European financial crisis kicked in over the summer and put a stop to the offerings.
The Dragons defenders were clearly exhausted and starting to fall off tackles, and the sight of Fa'asavalu in full flow was the last thing they wanted to see.
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