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More reliability would have come from water-proof substations, building-centric Bloom fuel-cell power and local micro-grids.
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Is there an Android alternative that's as useful in our special circumstances, and is it compatible with a sturdy, water-proof case for it?
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The government will likely also have to store 20 million tons in makeshift spaces, covered by water-proof sheets and resting on wooden platforms erected over bricks.
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But as the cases of Azharuddin and Malik have show, any punishment meted out must be based on water-tight proof or the courts will soon become involved.
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The positive side of the Tearfund report is that simple measures to "climate-proof" water problems, both drought and flood, have proven to be very effective in some areas.
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The boats were all lined up ready to go, when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn't go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration.
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This was ostensibly manned by the pro-Congolese government militia known as the Mai Mai after the water they douse themselves with to create a magical, bullet-proof shield.
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Distilled water is added to bring it down to 43% AVB (86 Proof).
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The Environmental Protection Agency was releasing a report on Saturday of 25 of its success stories as proof that the nation is restoring its waters through the Clean Water Act, Gore said.
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Curiously, the previous-generation product wasn't rain-proof, but that's been resolved now -- a new water- and dust-resistant housing is designed to let water flow through the eyepieces without accumulation.
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Redbreast cask strength is neither diluted with water nor chill-filtered, another standard step, which leaves it with a slightly murkier color and noticeably stronger proof, 115 vs. the usual 80, or 57.7% alcohol vs. 40%.
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