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• Dagrada
  ...e head, creating new intake and exhaust ports. The Appia suddenly became a fire-breathing cross flow head. Hanging a [[Weber]] 38 DCO from each side of the ...[Vigorelli]] Trophy races on April 25th. In the spring of 1961, Baghetti's chief mechanic pulled him aside and told him that "Mr. Ferrari wants to speak to
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• Piaggio
  ...A in exchange for just under a third of Piaggio and the mandate to run it. Chief executive Rocco Sabelli, redesigned the factory to Japanese principles, and ...ke the turnaround recipe applied at U.S. auto makers, Mr. Colaninno didn't fire a single worker - a move which helped seduce the company's skeptical unions
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• Racing flags
  ...ness, a blocked course (due to debris, water or safety vehicles), a car on fire, or a devastating multi-car crash (especially one that results in serious i ...ir of waving blue flags displayed from the starter's stand, known as the ''Chief Steward's blue flag'', order a driver to give way to faster traffic or be b
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• Ferrari 250 LM
  ...ly written off and scrapped by Ferrari due to previous accident damage and fire damage it sustained at Le Mans 1967, and P3s 0844 and 0848 were converted t ...the factory to scrap the chassis due to its previous accident history and fire damage sustained at Le Mans, 1967. The original chassis number has been wri
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• MV Agusta
  ...four cylinder race bikes were known for their excellent road handling. The fire-engine red racing machines became a hallmark of Grand Prix racing in the 19 ...pany after working with Gilera. Magni was the chief mechanic and Remor was chief designer.
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• A View to a Kill
  ...started by Zorin in the [[San Francisco City Hall]] and escape in a stolen fire truck after Zorin killed one of his own henchmen and then [[frameup|framed] ...cademy Awards|Academy Award]]. ([[Benicio del Toro]] was a henchman to the chief villain in ''[[Licence to Kill]]''.)
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• Lamborghini Miura
  Early Miuras were notorious for being a fire hazard. The problem was caused by Lamborghini's decision to use Weber 40 I ...al Auto Show]] two weeks later. It was the first design by new Lamborghini chief, [[Walter de'Silva]], and commemorates the [[1966]] introduction of the ori
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• Diamonds Are Forever
  ...gadget is the belt used in ''[[GoldenEye]]''.) Bond uses a special gun to fire the [[piton]]s needed to rappel, and later demonstrates that this can also ...many other credits, was originally cast as Bond. However, United Artists' chief David Picker was unhappy with this decision and made it clear that Sean Con
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• Italian Army
  ...he Italian Army is commanded by the SME or “Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito” (Chief of the Army General Staff) in Rome. The Chief of staff has direct control of all support and logistics operations in Ital
  21 KB (2,694 words) - 08:31, 8 October 2009
• Benetton Formula
  ...found to be in the Benetton cars, however. [[Flavio Briatore]], Benetton's chief in 1994, said in 2001 that "Our only mistake was that at the time we were ...from the refueling rig used during pit stops. This may have resulted in a fire that took place during Jos Verstappen's first pitstop at Hockenheim.
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• Brescia
  ...er free cities and the leadership was contested between powerful families, chief among them the Maggi and the Brusati, the latter of the (pro-imperial, anti ...when the Church of San Nazaro was struck by [[lightning]]. The resulting fire ignited 90,000 kg of [[gunpowder]] being stored there, causing a mass
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• Gasoline
  ...ment, should the gasoline reach a public supply of [[drinking water]]. The chief risks of such leaks come not from vehicles, but from gasoline delivery truc ...de name]]. This treatment method is no longer common, due to the inherent fire hazard and risk of [[dermatitis]] and that gasoline is a carcinogen where c
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• Valentino Rossi
  ...that the gap would shrink with the defection of Rossi and Jeremy Burgess (chief mechanic for Rossi at Honda, whom Rossi had also convinced to join). The 20
  32 KB (4,785 words) - 18:01, 15 April 2009
• Le Mans 24 Hours
  ...with the NART 330 P. Richard Attwood’s No. 12 Ford GT-40 took fire at evening. ...in such conditions. However during one of the last pitstops the car caught fire, and could not continue.
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• Medieval cuisine
  ...the 18th century, and cooks had to know how to cook directly over an open fire. [[Oven]]s were used, but they were expensive to construct and only existed ...rs and bustle of the kitchen could be kept out of sight of guests, and the fire risk lessened.
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• Fiat X1/9
  ...<blockquote>"From the moment you slip behind the neat four-spoke wheel and fire up the engine it is obvious all other small sports cars - with the possible ...alled the [[Autobianchi]] A112 Runabout, with styling by [[Bertone]] under chief designer [[Marcello Gandini]]. It was designed around the all-new [[Fiat SO
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• Vatican City
  ...This area became the site of martyrdom of many Christians after the great fire of Rome in AD 64. Ancient tradition holds that it was in this circus that [ Vatican City has its own post office, fire brigade, police service, commissary (supermarket), bank (the [[automatic te
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• Ducati
  The chief designer of Ducati motorcycles from the 1950s was the late [[Fabio Taglioni ...ationary diesel engine, many of which were used as emergency pumps (eg for fire fighting). They have also produced outboard motors for marine use. Currentl
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