This is done by pricking a hole in a compartment's acrylic shell with a laser.
But the 610 redeems itself with a profile that's more shell-shaped than boxy, and a fine speaker grille discreetly lining the bottom of the bezel.
Similarly, while Apple's OS X's user interface is not just easy to use but engaging, it's just a candy shell built around the kind of tried-and-true Unix software that's powered everything from phone networks to computer science labs for a generation.
The fourth-quarter profit figure was boosted by a turnaround at Shell's refining arm.
Mr van de Veer will remain on Shell's board as a non-executive director.
Bill Lerach, whose law firm has launched a suit against Shell's directors and executives and PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, its auditors, slammed the fine, which he said should have been paid by the executives responsible, and not by the company.
Soon after taking over in early 2004, Van der Veer launched a push to improve Shell's project management.
Shell's other projects include a service station partnership with Sinopec in Jiangsu, and an oil shale development in Jilin Province.
Mr Saro-Wiwa had led a successful campaign against Shell's activities in his homeland, even forcing the company to quit Ogoniland in 1993.
There was no doubt about the other strokes, which went progressively further, culminating in a straight drive over a shell-shocked Yuvraj's head.
Its understated style is lovely rather than brash, with a nearly sexy shell that's absent from almost every other SUV on earth.
Shell's shareholders have threatened a revolt over boardroom pay.
Whereas the original prototype had a thin, flimsy shell, the Virta 2's gone downright rugged, ditching the iPhone chrome for a more durable gunmetal frame, and there's a full compliment of sensors (compass, accelerometer, ambient light and proximity) alongside quad-band radios, WiFi, Bluetooth and a pair of cameras for your video chat testing needs.
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There have been numerous atrocities - including a single shell fired at Sarajevo's Markale market on 5 February 1994 which killed 68 people and wounded more than 100.
The design is simple: it's just a plastic shell with a shutter button, a dial for controlling shutter speed and a hand grip -- the sort you'd normally find on a compact camera.
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And the way the skinny neck disappeared between the animal's breastplate and shell-a squirming, live thing slipping hidden into dead stony stuff-it seemed suddenly like the Mystery of Mysteries, the very source of Life .
Shell published a summary of the report's final version on Monday, along with the news of Ms Boynton stepping down. (Shell says it was asked by American regulators not to reveal the full report, raising speculation that the Department of Justice may be planning criminal prosecutions).
Getting Mars back online early was a triumph for Shell--and a rare piece of good news for the world's third-largest oil and gas company.
To prove that MTBE concentrations below the EPA's threshold still made water taste terrible, Summy unearthed documents like a 1983 Shell letter detailing that water was no longer drinkable where MTBE'S concentration was 7 to 15 parts per billion.
The World Wildlife Fund, a leading environmental group, called Shell's decision wise under the circumstances.
Anglo-Dutch company Shell has beaten France's Total to a multi-billion-pound deal to develop a gas field with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
While it scales to the ultraniche, superrich PC gamer, Titan also caters to the more casual PC gamer (albeit one who's still willing to shell out a good amount of cash).
Simply by having a broader range of countries, it should be less vulnerable than most to upsets in any one place: Shell's problems in Nigeria made only a small dent in its performance.
Absent a pickup in U.S. natural gas prices, Shell is going to be hard-pressed to see a return on that investment anytime soon.
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Case in point: Oil majors like Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP 's BPAmerica and Shell Oil USA, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell.
With liquefaction plants in five countries, Shell ships a dominant 34% of the world's LNG, a business that is growing at 14% a year.
Eskimo activist Caroline Cannon, one of Shell's toughest critics, said she fears a spill from the Kulluk could harm fish and wildlife in the area.
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