When the dinghy capsized in the River Swale, the boy grasped hold of a branch in the fast-flowing water.

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Spinning at 10, 000 rpm with a brisk 5.7-millisecond seek time, the lightning-fast Cheetah needs a pair of 6-inch bolts to hold it down.

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But the union clung fast to its original demand of 6.5%, promising to hold a strike ballot in a region that is home to DaimlerChrysler, Porsche and many of their suppliers, if there were no agreement by a self-imposed deadline of midnight on February 17th.

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