Union officials said the motion would tie their hands in future negotiations.
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The government plans to tie them to specific capital projects, she said.
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Obama's budget solution would be to tie those loans to market rates.
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The French company is often mentioned as a potential Fiat tie-up partner.
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SPCA chief scientific officer Arnja Dale said banning rope-and-tie events was necessary.
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The strap is tightened to a point of providing pressure without pain.
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I try to unlatch my safety strap and it won't come off.
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We used to fuck around like that: Try a longer strap, John.
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The single-strap closure and inner sock lining allowed for a great fit.
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The man in the strap-chair obeyed the instruction with an absorbed attention.
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Kerr came in and after a time began to talk about the fastenings for the main tie-beam.
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Almost suddenly tie-beam and rafter knit themselves together into the stone, and the dark, dry, roomy place was closed in securely to this day.
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All the floorboards had rotted or been ripped out, and they moved slowly along the tiled inlays, stepping warily from one concrete tie-beam to another.
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Both are of very low pitch, with tie-beams supported by curved brackets.
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There is a good deal of panel-work, and a splendid oak roof, with embattled tie-beams.
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Thus in a wooden truss bridge the tensionmembers are steel rods.
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The shearing area of rivets in tensionmembers was made 1½ times the useful section of plate in tension.
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Nevertheless the tendency is to use riveted connexions in preference to pins, and in any case to use pins for tensionmembers only.
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In a Howe truss, the vertical tensionmembers having their end connections near the bottom chord, would be equivalent to these shear members.
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For tensionmembers of bridges, steel of 65,000 to 75,000 pounds tenacity is usually specified; and for compression members, 80,000 to 90,000 pounds.
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The tierod caught the Doberman in the ribs and flung it ten feet back toward the house.
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The Old Man pirouetted, gripped the tierod in both hands, let the dog fly by him, and swung the metal bar upward.
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Still holding the tierod, the Old Man led the way around the house on blocks and went up to pound on the front door.
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His 174th goal Monday tiedRod Brind'Amour for third on the Hurricanes' franchise list.
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These tierods have eyes at each end in which rods with wedge-shaped ends are inserted.
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He shook his head doubtfully at the bridge-service train, which was backing out along the track before him with a load of eyebars and girders.
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I watched them putting on the finishing touches and testing the guy-wires.
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He could see the pillars and suspensioncables of Chancery Bridge.
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He had surveyed the Brooklyn Bridge to see if its suspensioncables could be severed.
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They had hung heavy nets along the suspensioncables all the way out to the towers.
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There were four suspensioncables, each 10 in.
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A cold wind blew round the suspensioncables.
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The acid could have gotten on the wirerope in one way only.
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The propeller drive was obtained by means of a wirerope.
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Another wirerope with a travelling carriage took out the links.
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There were orders for rails, wirerope and sheets for boilers.
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Beats all, girls nowadays seem to be made of wirerope.
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When they surface, all equipment has to be in place with no twistedstraps.