Employing such advanced weather management systems make sense for an airport situated just a few hundred miles from the Arctic Circle.

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The Dodge Durango, Ford Explorer, Land Rover LR4 and the Jeep Grand Cherokee are built using a car-like unibody structure, but add a reinforced sub-frame and offer advanced traction management systems that give them added off-road and bad-weather prowess.

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The city plans to enhance services to riders in the coming year, including the application to provide bus arrival times to passengers waiting along bus routes, according to Dennis Mitchell, the advanced transportation management systems project manager with Oregon's Department of Transportation.

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The turbos, smaller engine blocks and advanced fuel-management systems available on the Cruze and others may not be as sexy as lithium-ion batteries.

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