But this time, it is lubricated by technology: social media, databases, microtargeting and microlistening.
Viacom's go-slow approach might make sense for a film and TV company that is lubricated by advertising.
But what if your urge to disclose is lubricated by the promise of a whopping pile of cash?
His well-managed service-delivery is lubricated by Western largesse but also by the collection of electricity bills.
The movie is lubricated with a fluid, slimy menace, and the director's love of rotted, desiccated flesh and exposed, traumatized organs adds an engrossing grossness.
The lightly vinegared meat is lubricated by slippery pearls of warm piggy fat, and spun through with pieces of the dark and chewy caramelised skin.
For one thing, he said, it suits the Chinese way of doing business, which is lubricated by guanxi, or personal connections.
In addition, the mold wall is lubricated by oil or slag, which is maintained on the steel meniscus and flows down into the gap between mold and strand.
In the video, a slender feeding tube is lubricated and then inserted into Mr. Bey's right nostril by a person in medical scrubs wearing rubber gloves.
