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• Ilario Bandini
  ...as an apprentice mechanic and [[Turning|turner]] in nearby Forli. At the age of 25 he moved to [[Eritrea]], then an Italian colony. Here he made good u ...in his 1957 short story [[William F. Nolan#Auto racing works|"Across the old man and into Bandini"]].
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• The Living Daylights
  ...kin]] ([[John Rhys-Davies]]). According to Koskov, Pushkin has revived the old policy of ''Smert' Shpionam'' — literally, ''Death to Spies'' ([[SMERSH ( ...quence. Some pointed to the fact that Bond is becoming "monogamous" in the age of AIDS and HIV, in any case, by the next movie, he is bed hopping again. I
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• Lancia Augusta
  ...lation that not discosta granché from that one of the models Nozzle of the age, even if marks the return to the carrying structure (that it had been aband A press of the age is expressed therefore: '' it comes adopted an external baggage car, closed
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• Marina Militare
  ...lbeit in a low efficiency state, which was due to the conflict and the old age of many vessels. They vessels that remained were:
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• Roman Kingdom
  ...religious men in [[History of Rome|Roman history]]. After his death at the age of fifty-four, Romulus was deified as the war god [[Quirinus]] and served n ...ctator for life, which gave him even more powers than the ancient kings of old. He also affected red shoes, and had a [[diadem (personal wear)|diadem]] pu
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• Italian literature
  ...in a broad sense. This sort of composition may have been encouraged by the old custom in the north of Italy of listening in the [[piazza]]s and on the hig ...'. In [[1267]] [[Martino da Canale]] wrote a history of Venice in the same Old French (''[[langue d'oïl]]''). [[Rusticiano of Pisa]], who was for a long
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• Italian Literature
  ...in a broad sense. This sort of composition may have been encouraged by the old custom in the north of Italy of listening in the [[piazza]]s and on the hig ...'. In [[1267]] [[Martino da Canale]] wrote a history of Venice in the same Old French (''[[langue d'oïl]]''). [[Rusticiano of Pisa]], who was for a long
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• For Your Eyes Only (film)
  ...he [[Ionian Sea]] after the British spy ship ''St. Georges'' is sunk by an old mine hauled up in its fishing nets. The ATAC system is used by the [[Minist ...tos. Bibi is also portrayed as a [[nymphomania]]c and because of her young age, she is one of the few women in the film series whom Bond has turned down.
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• Carburetor
  ...ically sealed at the factory to prevent tampering, so that adjustment when age and wear cause a large deviation from proper operation requires drilling ou ...s the characteristic stumbling or bogging under acceleration often seen in old, well worn engines until the seals on the pump are replaced. Specialized af
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• 1994 Formula One season
  ...to complete a lap during the race, as he was tipped into the gravel by his old McLaren teammate, [[Mika Häkkinen]]. Schumacher went onto win the Grand Pr ...umacher turned into Hill, taking them both out of the race. Schumacher, at age 25 was Germany's first Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion, but under highly
  52 KB (6,773 words) - 09:03, 7 October 2009
• Gino Bartali
  ...] was for him a simple formality. Not only was he the best climber, at the age of 34, but he was the fastest man on the flat. Ten years after his first [[ ...nt to answer. But someone whispered that it was [[Alcide de Gasperi]], his old friend from Catholic Action, now parliamentary president, who told him that
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...[[Bogotá]] where he was taught the techniques of [[karting]] from an early age by his father Pablo, an architect and [[motorsport]] enthusiast. ...ght poles. The following year, 1994, was a very busy year for the 19-year-old Colombian, as it saw him race in three separate series: the Sudam 125 Karti
  74 KB (10,759 words) - 18:25, 4 November 2009
• Vienna
  ...formal dress attire, the residents of Vienna tend to be equally modern and old-fashioned. Waiters address their customers with honorifics; a man who bumps ...Schrammelmusik - highly sentimental music with lyrics pertaining to death. Old-fashioned Sterbevereine (funeral insurance societies) provide members with
  96 KB (15,449 words) - 08:13, 5 May 2010
• Max Mosley
  Initially Mosley was educated in France, then at the age of 13 he was sent to [[Traunreut|Stein an der Traun]] in Germany for two ye ...Grundy, a central figure in the UM's Youth Movement, writes of the 16-year-old Mosley painting the [[flash and circle]] symbol on walls in London on the n
  41 KB (6,582 words) - 09:58, 27 September 2009
• Le Mans 24 hours races
  ...category if there were at least 50 cars built. This ''mercy rule'' allowed old customer cars like the [[Ford GT40]], the [[Lola T70]] and the [[Ferrari 27 ...cover enough distance compared to the winner. Hans Herrmann, a veteran at age 40 which had survived the dangerous [[Mille Miglia]] and [[Carrera Panameri
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• Bicycle
  ...more recently, bicycle technology has, in turn, contributed ideas in both old and newer areas. .... The next innovations increased comfort and ushered in the 1890s ''Golden Age of Bicycles''. In 1888, Scotsman [[John Boyd Dunlop]] introduced the [[pneu
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• 007 (disambiguation)
  ...g 007's world to the 1980s; however, it would keep the characters the same age as they were in Fleming's novels. Generally Gardner's series is considered ...enson ended in 2002, the new series featured James Bond as a thirteen-year-old boy attending [[Eton College]]. Written by [[Charlie Higson]] (''[[The Fast
  61 KB (9,404 words) - 10:48, 8 October 2009
• James Bond
  ...g 007's world to the 1980s; however, it would keep the characters the same age as they were in Fleming's novels. Generally Gardner's series is considered ...enson ended in 2002, the new series featured James Bond as a thirteen-year-old boy attending [[Eton College]]. Written by [[Charlie Higson]] (''[[The Fast
  62 KB (9,561 words) - 23:27, 29 November 2010
• Moto Guzzi
  ...striking-looking Griso has been transformed from a lumbering yet evocative old-school roadster into a charging rhino of a motorcycle with true 140 mph pot ...entry gate) spelling "Moto Guzzi". In May of 2007, the original roof sign, old and worn, was replaced with a new brighter sign carrying the current offici
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...the first [[Young Bond]] novel ''[[SilverFin]]'' from his uncle Max at the age of thirteen. Bond regularly drove the car, although he was underage, and st ...: There has never been a Bentley model known as the 'Mark IV'. Not by the 'old' W.O. Bentley firm, or by Rolls-Royce after the takeover of Bentley Motors
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