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How else would I learn Indefatigable Cruelty, er Impermeable Hegemony, er Curious Strength, no,wait that's Professor Altoid! without this daily blahblahblah that goes on here, and only here?
Forbes challenges U.S. News in the college ranking game. Ann Althouse 2008
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Numerous bloggers most recently, the folks at Boing Boing have noted the irony of FIJI Water's graphic describing the source of their artesian aquifer water, which sits contentedly below a layer of "Impermeable Rock" while rain pours down generously from the Fijian sky.
The Confusing Diagram on FIJI Water Bottles: Or, Why Good Designers Are Worth Their Weight In Gold Jeremiah McNichols 2006
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If water can get in, then its hardly “Impermeable”.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - How is this actually possible? 2006
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“There are several ways water can get through “Impermeable” rock” But you see, its that line of words that I have the problem with.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - How is this actually possible? 2006
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How can the water get through the “Impermeable” rock in the first place?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - How is this actually possible? 2006
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Numerous bloggers most recently, the folks at Boing Boing have noted the irony of FIJI Water's graphic describing the source of their artesian aquifer water, which sits contentedly below a layer of "Impermeable Rock" while rain pours down generously from the Fijian sky.
Archive 2006-09-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2006
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· Impermeable stone (eg granite) as damp proof courses; also as external cladding of walls, though less suited for low-cost constructions.
Chapter 4 1988
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Impermeable: proverbs the passage of (e.g. a film is impermeable to air if it prevents the air from passing to the food).
Chapter 11 1982
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Impermeable to moisture permeable not grazed and gases
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Impermeable strictures of the lower third can with reasonable safety be treated by the Brenneman method, which consists in passing the esophagoscope down to the stricture while the surgeon, inserting his finger up into the esophagus from the stomach, can feel the end of the esophagoscope.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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