keystones

They're important "keystones," naturally, but as the altered timeline showed, the world will get along (albeit imperfectly) without them.

Annotations for Trinity issue #46 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

Rapids, Mich., in 1904, the railings and ornamental parts of the bridge, such as keystones, brackets, consols, dentiles and panels, were cast in molds and set in place much as cut stone would be.

Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette

The fab chief set out what he saw as the company's "keystones", including the firm's global nature, its drive towards innovation, collaboration within the IBM Alliance and "agility".

The Inquirer 2009

Morgaine's incantation suggests that the Troika is trying to replace the Trinity as universal "keystones" (again, issue #1's term).

Blog@Newsarama Tom Bondurant 2008

The Commission also agreed that Privacy is one of the keystones of democracy and a failure to enforce privacy regulations is not only a danger to democracy itself but also begins to normalise the view that privacy doesn ` t matter to the current and future generations.

Anti-Phorm nemesis Hanff in Brussels meet 2009

Polian expects a return to form for a physically and mentally tough bunch that typically reflects its fiery coach and keystones in Jones-Drew (who has 38 touchdowns in 47 career games) and quarterback David Garrard.

After lost season, Jags seek how to put 'train' back on track 2009

The 12,000-square-foot building has the original red brick facade, while the second-floor windows have keystones and iron guardrails.

Kermit and Big Bird Slept Here Craig Karmin 2011

SUNY Albany took the axe to language and classic studies, and a number of Pennsylvania State campuses dismissed such keystones as Latin American studies, biological and physical studies and more.

They Cut That? 9 Strange Discontinued Majors Danielle Wiener-Bronner 2010

But the criteria neither failed to provide people of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to understand what conduct was prohibited nor authorized arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, the two keystones of unconstitutional vagueness.

Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

But the criteria neither failed to provide people of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to understand what conduct was prohibited nor authorized arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, the two keystones of unconstitutional vagueness.

What standards govern the FTC in the courts? Rebecca Tushnet 2009