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• La Linea (TV series)
  ...not have understood. In [[2005]], the video for the [[Jamiroquai]] song ''(Don't) Give Hate a Chance'' paid homage to ''La Linea''. The video is an animate ...all episodes was released in Germany in 2003 (but seems to be out of print now), and the first volume was recently released in France and Serbia.
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• Capriolo
  ...nd after some time the elegant [[Cento 50]]. Unfortunatly the 49cc version don't have continuation; we know only that one exemplary of this bike is survivin ...escopic front fork with helicodal springs (variable pitch and progression) don't have idraulic oil inside. The pistons roads runs over axle boxes made in mi
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• Rallying
  ...otally unhindered until the mid-eighties. The [[World Rally Championship]] now visits nearly all continents, taking its stylish sideways driving style and ...one [[Group B]] record stage time stands on the world circuit. Deaths are now very rare thanks to modern safety regulations including the [[HANS]] device
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...cing]], which had been a support class in previous 8 Hours races, the race now centered around superbikes. The Formula One class, which at the time was t ...bligations to the race removed following his significant success in 500cc (now MotoGP).
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• Rally
  ...otally unhindered until the mid-eighties. The [[World Rally Championship]] now visits nearly all continents, taking its stylish sideways driving style and ...one [[Group B]] record stage time stands on the world circuit. Deaths are now very rare thanks to modern safety regulations including the [[HANS]] device
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• Mosport Park
  Mosport Park now known as '''Mosport International Raceway''' is a multi-track facility loca ...1]], the entire circuit was repaved to meet [[FIA]] specifications, and is now 42 feet wide. Drivers were consulted to ensure the character of the "old"
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• Units of measurement
  ...o this day. Disparate [[systems of measurement]] used to be very common. Now there is a global standard, the [[SI|International System]] (SI) of units, *Don't let definitions like ''density is mass per unit volume'' obscure your under
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• The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
  ...agitator"''' — a critical component of Gibson's solar energy device. It is now Bond's mission to retrieve the solex agitator and duel it out with Scaraman ...Nipple - James Bond uses a fake, synthetic nipple provided by Q to make it look like he has three nipples so that he might impersonate Scaramanga (who was
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• Travel in Italy
  ...round 5-10 euro) and they don't take credit cards. Technically, '''if you don't have a ticket''' you are supposed to find the conductor yourself and buy on ...he mode of transportation) someone will ask you for your ticket and if you don't have one you get a fine, and theoretically (sometimes happens) you can be a
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• Sports cars
  ...]... The layout has some advantages in small, light sports cars since they don't have the extra weight of propshaft and differential, and not having the [[d * [[Bugatti]] (Originally Italy now France)
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• The Living Daylights
  ...rmission escape from a concert hall in [[Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (now [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]). Bond notices that the sniper protecting Kosk ...ll of his bullets, Whitaker makes a glib remark: "Well, you've had your 8, now I'll have my 80!". Whitaker fires like crazy and taunts Bond with remarks a
  24 KB (3,848 words) - 23:36, 3 November 2009
• Quantum of Solace
  ...r make-up for the role, but Forster explained that he wanted Greene not to look grotesque, but to symbolise the hidden evils in society. Amalric revealed G ...ears to be [[petroleum|oil]], but there's a lot of other resources that we don't think about too much but are all essential, and they're very limited and ev
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• GoldenEye
  ...y Bond and [[M (James Bond)|M]] in [[London]]. Onatopp and Ourumov, who is now a General, enter Severnaya, steal the GoldenEye disk and kill the programme ...The Goldeneye'. The other lyrics, most notably the line "Tomorrow's foe is now a friend" obviously refer to the plot of this film.
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• Supercross
  ...road motorcycle contests, while a Supercross main event often takes on the look and feel of the Roman gladiators' Colosseum. ...one two-stroke 250cc bike per main event. The former 250cc racing class is now known as the ''Supercross class'' and the former 125cc class is known as th
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• Casino Royale (1967 film)
  ...based (albeit loosely) upon a Fleming novel, and the fact that the film is now distributed by MGM, the company that distributes the official Bond series, .... The next day, the grouse turn out to be disguised [[flying bomb]]s that look like huge [[puffin]]s. With some creative acrobatics, Lady Fiona escapes o
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• Alain Prost
  ...d Prost's total of 51 victories at the [[2001 Belgian Grand Prix]] . Prost now races on ice in the [[Andros Trophy]]. ...Prost (born [[30 May]] [[1990]]). Prost also has a daughter, Victoria<!--I don't know the exact circumstances here - the prostfan.com site simply notes a di
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• Motobi
  ...[[Sanvenero]] and, more recently, of course, the reborn [[Benelli]] marque now under the control of the [[Merloni]] family. ...0cc rotary-valve twin bearing the curious name of the B200 Spring Lasting (don't ask!). This featured a pressed-steel frame and an egg-shaped engine with fi
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• Turbocharger
  ...charger turbine (which is acting as a restriction in the exhaust) and the, now, compressed intake air has been heated, reducing it's density. ...nd are very efficient at higher engine speeds. In many setups these turbos don't even need a wastegate. The vanes are controlled by a membrane identical to
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• Gino Bartali
  ...ide Bartali's hotel at [[Aix-les-Bains]], an Italian general was shouting 'Don't touch him - he's a god.'" A public subscription started in his name in Ital ...ed that it was [[Alcide de Gasperi]], his old friend from Catholic Action, now parliamentary president, who told him that Palmiro Togliatti, secretary-gen
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• Barcelona
  *[[Barcelona/Gràcia|Gràcia]] - historically a working class neighborhood, now rather gentrified, and very lively ...networks (8.8 Euro for two days). These are excellent value but be sure to look after them well as bent or damaged cards will not be read by the ticket mac
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