There is quite an argument over a proposal to build a cable-car connecting the city and the island.

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San Francisco remains the only place on the planet with a true, manually operated cable-car system serving the public.

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His Heidiland includes a cable-car ride up a Heidi alp where tourists eat a Heidi meal before feeding the Heidi goats and meeting Heidi's grandfather.

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Numerous trails climb the 1, 000m-high plateau but the most popular is Platteklip Gorge, a steep, 3km walk that begins near the lower cable-car station.

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After the latest serious accident when seven people were injured after a cable car slammed to an unexpected stop after hitting a small bolt in the track The Associated Press obtained through a public records request a listing of cable car-related legal settlements over the last three years.

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Also, go to the Vinpearl Amusement Park in Nha Trang (get a ride in the longest over-water cable car).

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He built an innovative cable car system so that slum-dwellers in Caracas whose houses were built precariously on hillsides, could more easily access the centre of the capital.

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Moving beyond family's real estate business, low-profile Raheja now has interests in car batteries, cement, ceramic tiles, publishing, cable, petrochemicals, retail and software.

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The idea is to have base stations everywhere beaming Net connections at 2.4 megabits per second--faster than top cable modem speeds--so that people can be connected no matter if they are in the street, in a car or at a restaurant.

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