"Unfortunately the word ironclad is a bit of a myth," says divorce lawyer Clifford M. Solomon, partner of Solomon Tanenbaum in Westchester. From Wordnik.com. [Jill Brooke: Lesson of Christie Brinkley's Divorce Case: He or She Who Has More Money Will Have Prenuptial Challenged] Reference
The Confederates were fully aware of this, and as soon as they could, placed on the waters of their rivers and harbors vessels new to naval warfare, called ironclad rams. From Wordnik.com. [A School History of the United States] Reference
Scholars call the German case against America "ironclad". From Wordnik.com. ["President Bush got the world's attention this fall when he warned that a nuclear-armed Iran might lead to World War III."] Reference
They're not "ironclad," warns Morningstar mutual fund analyst Michael Herbst. From Wordnik.com. [Retirees Need A Cash Bundle] Reference
But what is "ironclad" is that the Toll Road takeover is a triumph of ideology over economics. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana Toll Road Takeover: Triumph of Ideology over Economics] Reference
Yes, the studies seem to convincing, but if they are wrong, it wouldn't be the first time an 'ironclad' result was overturned. From Wordnik.com. [Parents' Costs versus Childrens' Benefits - Does the Ratio Matter?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
These officials and other employees must take the "ironclad" oath. From Wordnik.com. [The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states] Reference
Obama had assured him that the executive order is "ironclad," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
Cricket Australia have set themselves an "ironclad" rule that their World. From Wordnik.com. [Cricinfo news from Cricinfo] Reference
They are unacceptable; Mr Biden was right to "ironclad" the US commitment to Israeli security. From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
New appointments were nearly always carpetbaggers and native radicals who could take the "ironclad" oath. From Wordnik.com. [The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states] Reference
Each board consisted of three members -- all radicals -- who were required to subscribe to the "ironclad" oath. From Wordnik.com. [The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states] Reference
The name "ironclad" always sounded menacing and formidable to the child, and the forbidding pictures fascinated her. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Star] Reference
We received, however, an "ironclad" commitment from the president that no taxpayer dollars will be used to pay for abortions. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Their ironclad promise to investors is that you can't lose. From Wordnik.com. [Better Bets For Safe Cash] Reference
But Ecclestone's once ironclad hold on F1 is being threatened. From Wordnik.com. [A Grab For Power] Reference
"We're now in a mood for building ironclad solidarity," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Shinsei Bank Retreats From Fund-Raising Plan] Reference
He did not know, the difference between an ironclad and a "tin-clad.". From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But Moscow's ironclad control over life in Kazakhstan protected the labs. From Wordnik.com. [In The Germ Labs] Reference
We operate here on the Washington Post obits desk with certain ironclad rules. From Wordnik.com. [Can 'old age' be the cause of death?] Reference
The pharmaceutical giant will need to conduct more tests to ensure ironclad safety. From Wordnik.com. [Medicine: Not A Cure For Cancer, But Close] Reference
Some Mayan archeologists, though, aren't convinced that Haug makes an ironclad case. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Of The Mayans] Reference
VIX futures aren't some ironclad predictor of market worry, as they too can decline. From Wordnik.com. [VIX May Not Stay Quiet for Long] Reference
The link between global warming and the spread of warmth-loving diseases is not ironclad. From Wordnik.com. [A Deadly, Spreading Migration] Reference
The committee's objective: probe how ironclad pro sports 'anti-steroid testing programs are. From Wordnik.com. [STEROIDS: NOW IT'S THE NFL'S TURN TO ANSWER QUEST] Reference
Added Jessica Capshaw (Arizona), "I don't see Arizona entering into anything that's not ironclad.". From Wordnik.com. [Keck's Exclusives: One of These Grey's Couples Will Tie the Knot] Reference
But his cause faces an enemy even more powerful than a rebel ironclad: the eternal truth of out of sight, out of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Saving A Sunken Treasure] Reference
According to generally accepted but hardly ironclad rules, they're supposed to do this only to raise money to buy other art. From Wordnik.com. [After the Recession, a Serious Crisis Awaits Museums] Reference
Their safety depended absolutely upon the caprice of the mysterious steersman who inhabited the ironclad, fish-shaped machine. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
The strength of a man was the limit of its capacity, and something more was necessary to pierce the ironclad breast of the knight. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
At present, the most powerful ironclad has four, and sometimes six or eight, guns of large caliber, which are of from 30 to 100 tons. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
Confederates cut down a United States frigate at the Norfolk navy yard, and transformed it into an ironclad ram, with a powerful beak. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
(You know, the coworker you seek out when you can't figure out how to download pirated files through your company's ironclad firewall.). From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Alpha Geek] Reference
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