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• Fiat
  ...reached an all-time high in the United States, corresponding to the [[1979 energy crisis|Iranian Oil Crisis.]] However, when gas prices fell again after 1981 ...reached an all-time high in the United States, corresponding to the [[1979 energy crisis|Iranian Oil Crisis.]] However, when gas prices fell again after 1981
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• Rapid
  ...polite little letter sent in October 1904 to a carefully selected list of potential customers, on letterhead Rapid, complete with a drawing of the plant and sm ...ortunate events, AFFECTED during four years by the aspirations of too much energy, distressed, defamed, only supported by the trust of their forces, patient
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• Bicycle
  ...uld push more firmly, and further enlarged the front wheel to increase the potential for speed. With tires of solid rubber, his machine became known as ''the or ...ck racing bikes have transmission efficiencies of over 99% (nearly all the energy put in at the pedals ends up at the wheel). While generally variable ratio
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...verall season title. During this time, [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] noticed his potential and invited him to test with the team at [[Jerez, Spain]] along with three Montoya showed great potential from the beginning. Critics and fans alike anticipated that he would challe
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...e than the 180 to 190 bhp (135 to 140 kW) although their maximum potential power output was higher. In recent times this has begun to change with the ...ler, weighing less. Less reciprocating mass (such as pistons) require less energy to move and this aids to the engine being capable of achieving higher revol
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• History of the bicycle
  ...m Paris to Avignon on a velocipede in only eight days. They recognized the potential profitability of producing and selling the new machine. Together with their ...easing consciousness of the value of exercise and later the advantage of [[energy efficient]] transportation led to the American [[bike boom]] of the 1970s.
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• Max Mosley
  ...r budgets on [[environmentally friendly]] technology such as the [[Kinetic Energy Recovery System]] (KERS). ...nd quickly a great variety of technical and legal issues. I would advise a potential successor to think very carefully before standing for election." Mosley's c
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• List of James Bond gadgets
  ; '''Solex Agitator''' : Device that enables the utilization of solar energy as a power source on an industrial scale. ...identification imager, capable of compiling a composite facial image of a potential suspect even when the person being photographed is looking to the side. Thi
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