Supplies were cut and shipping freights rocketed, sending up cement prices.
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Thus, some groups but not others are labeled "migrants," a term freighted with connotations of essential foreignness and nonassimilation.
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His ships not only contained his own cargo but also from others who freighted their goods to the planned destinations.
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While in transit to these farms the camels were freighted by rail and then by road in crates.
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The irony that cuts through the simulated innocence is bitter for the simple reason that it is freighted with self-contempt.
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Contrary to popular myth, early trials were gentry sponsored and therefore heavily freighted with elite values concerning the nature of the shepherds' craft.
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The purpose of a shipping conference was (and is) to set and maintain rates offreighton a particular trade route.
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The theft of materials from the sidings,freightyards and railway works was a particularly notable crime to arise from the operation of the railways.
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Cooperatives could secure for their participants cheaperfreightcosts and a more even quality.
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He calculated it in both passenger terms andfreightterms in 1865.
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Signalling and braking systems differed according to individual railroads andfreightcars.
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More vulnerable than the buildings were the passengers andfreighttravelling on the new tracks.
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Three other sectors closely related to the forest sectors - coal mining, construction, and railwayfreight- are also identified.
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The time taken to complete the partnership was short: initial costs were high, but running costs were low andfreightcharges were extremely high.
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Despite their rearguard action, however,freighthandling has been concentrated at larger stations, destroying the role of the small station in the community.
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Collocationswithfreight
freight
These are words often used in combination withfreight.
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commercial freight
Major drug traffickers are also becoming more adept at using the cover of commercial freight to ply their evil trade.
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freight business
In 1978 the railfreightbusinessbore approximately 20per cent.
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freight capacity
Does not that show that speculation about how much freight capacity is needed is still at a very rudimentary stage?
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