The GTS's star attraction is its torque-rich 4.8-liter V8, the same dry-sump, alloy-block engine as in the all-wheel-drive Panamera 4S but let off the leash a bit, with a higher redline (7, 100-rpm fuel shut-off), lumpier cam-lift logic, more aggressive transmission software (quicker, harder shifts available from the dual-clutch PDK gearbox), and additional cold-air boxes with active shutters behind lower lateral bumper intakes.

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Outrageously-plumed racegoers sip Mint Juleps from air-conditioned boxes while college students on spring break pack the infield.

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These are boxes containing air that is super-saturated with water vapour.

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All is at a delicate equilibrium, until the owner feels compelled to give in to a firmly worded request from the retailer for an additional discount, or a demand to air-freight, at manufacturer's expense, some boxes of shirts that suffered a two-week production delay and now won't be accepted by the retailer if they're any later than they already are.

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The odd-shaped boxes on down-town buildings that remind you of air-raid sirens are the antennas.

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But none of the benefits of digital TV--nor the relatively small number of people who have over-the-air analog sets--provide much argument for government subsidies of converter boxes.

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By the time Ian Humphreys replied in kind for Ulster, even the guests in the new hospitality boxes had deserted their indoor video screens and taken seats in the open air, reluctant to miss any of the action and sensing that something special was about to unfold.

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