Ben Ali s successor could raise his profile by clamping down on cronyism.

The head, or knob, is often ornately carved with faces or shapes that have symbolic meaning.

In the 1950s they tried their best to muffle this sound with mercury switches and silent knob controls.

Clamping pressures in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 N cm2 (0.8 to 2.3 psi) have been claimed.

The United Nations and the countries of origin of those personnel must assume their responsibilities for clamping down on such behaviour.

In fact, the government s success in clamping down on corruption, especially at sub national levels, will be a litmus test of its legitimacy.

The required force can also be determined by the material used and the size of the part larger parts require higher clamping force.

The waiter, you know, came out with the white truffle knob and his shaver, and he shaved it onto my pasta and he said, you know, Would Signore like the truffles?

And what we re doing is we re using humor as a sort of neuroscientific probe by switching humor on and off, by turning the knob on a joke now it s not funny ... oh, now it s funnier ...

Likewise, while Fox can be criticized for not clamping down on protesters and a disruptive, extremist opposition, he never resorted to the bloody repression for which most of his predecessors came to be known.

Aside from closing down several media outlets, Cambodia is also clamping down on foreign NGOs which has led many institutions and even foreign governments to express concern about the deteriorating political situation in the country.

But then I knew from experience and looking around in offices where there were chairs with headrests that nobody would ever bother to reach back and turn a knob and adjust the headrest to put it in position.

I'm turning my head trying to see everybody, and I had this weird memory of being in college and raising, raising money for the flood victims of Bangladesh, and then I look over and my anesthesiologist is clamping the mask on me, and I think,