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doo ruh

  • n  the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges

  • Richardson died of an epidural hematoma, an accumulation of blood between the skull and dura, the tough tissue covering the brain.
  • Raised in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil's rugged cattle country, the new President is a compromise choice acceptable to both moderate officers and the linha dura hardliners .
  • The linha dura invited its comeuppance.
News & Articles

  • Manganese Flights include cast and fabricated options.
    Designed for minimal maintenance, heavy-duty Premium Dura-Flight (PDF) is offered in cast or fabricated manganese variants for use in all OEM shot blast machines. Products are composed of 11–14% superior-grade, abrasion-resistant manganese steel, and both versions can be customized to fit requirements as to improve machine performance. This story is related to the following: Material ...
    June 20, 2013 - ThomasNet
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  • Andrew Durante in Sydney Morning Herald
    Durante added: "There's such a good camaraderie in the team, we don't want to let each other down. It would have been so easy for the Kiwi boys to [make excuses] but they never once said, 'Dura, I'm a bit tired, can you cover'. That rubs off on the...
  • George Clooney in MSNBC
    There was this scene where I was taped to a chair and getting beaten up and we did quite a few takes. The chair was kicked over and I hit my head,Clooney said in an interview on National Public Radio. "I tore my dura, which is the wrap...

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