The lower-frequency vibrations in California cause greater damage to large, rigid structures such as office blocks, bridges and elevated highways.
He took these rigid qualities with him into office, Mr. Offner says, and they shaped his foreign policy.
The particular problem that the PM highlighted – the rigid organisation of services around office hours – also fitted comfortably within the Cameronian commonsensical pitch.
It has, however, made it a near logistical impossibility for me to conform to the rigid structure of a traditional office job.
These monotonous little routines of office life - the rigid etiquette of remembering who you should make a cup of tea for; the office jokes that everyone politely smiles at despite the fact they fail the fundamental purpose of a joke, ie being funny; the interest you feign in the progress of an infection afflicting your desk-mate - are basically the highest expression of our civilization.
Ten communities in New York State, including Smithtown on Long Island, will receive a total of $9.7 million to help safely cap and close old landfills so they meet rigid environmental standards, Gov. George E. Pataki's office announced yesterday.
At home, Mr. Assad's longevity in office rested on a rigid intolerance of dissent, most starkly illustrated by the slaying of thousands of residents of Hama in February 1982 to end a swelling Islamic insurgency.
And the press access precedent being set by this WH press office will only be followed in a more rigid way by next POTUS.
The suburban-style office park, under review now — soulless, rigid and without thoughtful public space — isn't nearly good enough.
Work doesn't have to be a very rigid 9 to 5 and going into the office.
His position is utterly rigid".
