Back then diamond inserts cut just 12% of total feet drilled worldwide; manufacturers expected the number would soon hit 50%.
And even though diamond inserts cost roughly ten times as much as carbide inserts, they didn't need to be replaced nearly as often, thus lowering overall drilling costs, especially at offshore rigs.
In place of a diamond, he inserted a fake but realistic-looking tooth.
A drill bit with polycrystalline diamond (PDC) inserts lost one of its three blades when operating in an oil well, leading to a costly failure.
When the war started in 1991, Mr Sankoh's rebels chased out the Lebanese traders from many of the diamond areas and inserted themselves at the top of the diamond pyramid.
There are usually eight components of a leather glove: palm and back (one piece), thumb, three fourchettes (slender pieces of leather that form the sides of the fingers), and three quirks, or diamond-shaped pieces inserted at the bottom between the fingers.
Note that if East had inserted the diamond nine at Trick 9, declarer would have covered with his queen.
He hollowed it out with his scalpel, inserted a diamond ring and glued the shell back together as seamlessly as a plastic surgeon.
Micro Bridge North won in hand, played a diamond to the jack, led a heart to the ace, then played another diamond, planning to insert South's nine to guarantee the contract, but Jack East played the queen.
