Lower humidity dries out the cork while more humid conditions can make a mess of the labels.
Moreover, the hassles of the phone business could make a mess of more than just Apple's business model.
But dictatorships can make a mess of things, too, if dictatorial over-confidence leads them to ignore hard facts.
"When you've got a clean shot like this, you don't want to make a mess of the gut, " he said.
But progress is slow because the politicians who are trying to influence what we discard and what we keep often make a mess of it.
Invest some care and attention, though a scolding when they make a mess, praise when they do the right thing and you'll have a long, happy relationship.
Perhaps Mr Murdoch will make a mess of the Wall Street Journal by undermining its editorial independence though surely he is too shrewd a businessman to mess with so valuable a brand.
The stress in Europe is having a negative impact on global markets, but also threatens to make a mess of corporate earnings season thanks to its contribution to slowing growth around the world.
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Yes, that means there is also a place for Nazis to congregate and for the darker sides of 4Chan to exist, and for trolls to make a mess all over our blogs, which are our businesses.
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In this sort of form, none of the lower order were likely to resist Anderson for long and Sulieman Benn frankly did well to last 12 balls, before a superb ball swung through his defences to make a mess of the stumps.
He argues that since people also make a mess, according to the mayor's reasoning they should also be removed. (Londoners must hope that the mayor is not persuaded by this reckless line of argument.) There is a personal dimension to the battle: Mr Livingstone and Mr Banks have been rivals in London's Labour Party for decades.
But one day they'll be back to feed on our greed and to make a disgusting mess in our backyard.
The way cancers make a chaotic mess of their genetic code in order to thrive has been explained by UK researchers.
Unfortunately, ice cream in the oven can also make a real mess.
Plus we need to keep an eye on all those nasty cyberdudes, sub-national entities, and political action groups that could really make a nasty mess in electronic markets.
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Diaz, for some reason, is repeatedly drawn to self-consciously grotesque little projects that usually don't accomplish much of anything at all, but make a huge mess while not accomplishing it.
So, did Apple make a bit of a mess?
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But they will not eliminate them: Mr Thaksin, exiled in London, will be hoping that the army forces, and their civilian appointees, make such a mess that one day he will be welcomed back, his sins forgiven.
The effect of the two intertwined has been to make something of a mess of the statistics about the most popular news stories.
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No more Earned Income Credit, no Minimum Alternative Tax, Child Tax Credit, Marriage Tax Penalty, Employer Plan Covered restrictions, and other pointless regulations that make the system a complete mess.
Moreover, this view holds, it's wrong to make Australia the scapegoat for a mess Indonesia created.
The goal is to strongarm Chevron into a settlement just to make the whole mess go away.
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But how do we make men without a college education less of a mess?
When he personally helped the Allies create institutions like the World Bank, at the end of World War II, he was trying to make sure we wouldn't get into such a mess again.
Those glorious inundations moved massive quantities of sediment through the Grand Canyon, wiping the slate dirty, and making a muddy mess of silt and muck that would make modern river rafters cringe.
Needless to say, those who predicted with such confidence that America would make a hash of the war are now predicting confidently that it will mess up the peace.
The economic reality is that lawmakers from both parties have made a mess of things and will, in fact, make freedom less attainable if we continue to put so much faith in them.
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With Labour's finances in such a mess, Mr Brown may for all his tough talk have to make some concessions to the unions, even if it evokes uncomfortable memories of the 1970s.
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In recent weeks, Tokyo has trotted out a parade of politicians and bureaucrats to make the pitch: the bad-loan mess at the banks is under control, more public-works money is rolling down the pipeline, consumers are perking up.
What seems like a simple, no-brainer idea (banks with FDIC-backed deposits can not trade on their own behalf for their own profit) has turned into a complicated mess with banks arguing that they need to be able to do make those trades to protect themselves.
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