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• n  a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
• v  cover with cement
  concrete the walls
• v  form into a solid mass; coalesce
• a  capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
  concrete objects such as trees
• s  formed by the coalescence of particles

• abstract

News & Articles

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• UML students hope concrete boat keeps them afloat in competition (VIDEO)
  LOWELL -- Forget concrete jungles. It's all about concrete marinas for a group of UMass Lowell students who loaded their 19-foot, 8-inch boat into a truck Monday morning, bound for an American Society of Civil Engineers contest in Illinois.
  June 18, 2013 - Lowell Sun
• Concrete Contractors in Canada Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
  A quick turnaround from recessionary declines and subdued progress have led revenue to grow marginally over the past five years; in the coming years, Canadian construction markets are projected to progress steadily, and concrete contractors will perform in kind. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Concrete Contractors industry to its growing industry ...
  June 18, 2013 - PRWeb
• Concrete leaves available from Oregon artist
  Beautiful concrete leaf sculpture can be made by you, commissioned from originators Little and Lewis or bought from an Oregon artist.
  June 17, 2013 - The Oregonian

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in AOL News
  And to put her question in context for journalists, the president said: "Everybody understands that when we are fouling the Earth like this, it has concrete implications -- not just for this generation, but for future generations."
• Pope Benedict XVI in MSN India
  Thanks to the Australian government's courageous decision to acknowledge the injustices committed against indigenous peoples in the past, concrete steps are now being taken to achieve reconciliation,the Pope said.
• Bob Geldof in Rolling Stone
  It's just an enormous pop concert,Geldof told a Dutch newspaper. "I would only organize Live Earth if I could go onstage and announce concrete environmental measures from the American presidential candidates, Congress or major...