Runners in shorter-distance events have traditionally been allowed to use their own bags to stash their clothes and other post-race items, which are stored in a designated area staffed by volunteers.

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Chief SIZER: Well, for about the last 10 years, many police departments, especially large, urban police departments, have been collecting data on their traffic stops, and most departments, including my own, show disproportionate stops based on race when measured against census data.

NPR: Black And Blue: Police And Minorities

He warned of a "race to the bottom" if the regions and nations of the UK controlled their own corporation tax rates.

BBC: Welsh assembly's 'new power after Scots independence'

But while past Supreme Court rulings rejected challenges to Section 5, in a 2009 decision the justices signaled that the formula for selecting jurisdictions covered by Section 5, last updated with the 1972 election results, may not reflect subsequent progress in race relations and therefore may become an unconstitutional burden on state prerogatives to decide their own ballot regulations.

WSJ: Justices Question Aspects of Voting Rights Act

It turns out that Virginia is in something of a space race with Florida, New Mexico, and California all of which have their own spaceports.

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Massa's flying start, from third on the grid, and his race pace proved that a much-improved McLaren were not in a league of their own at the Hungaroring, as many had forecast.

CNN: Massa determined to bounce back

An Israeli strike would prevent a regional nuclear arms race by freeing Arab states of the need to develop their own nuclear arsenals and so prove that a strong Israel enhances regional stability.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Israel and the 'realists'

Both companies believe that their future lies with the emerging digital consumer and are increasingly rubbing up against each other as they race to own your digital life.

FORBES: Tale Of The Tape

They race out to buy products filling the dreams and aspirations of ruthless marketers, rather than their own.

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