The shuttle was a big bus -- a reusable vehicle that could carry both cargo and people to low Earth orbit.

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If fast enough memory can be had, the EV6 bus will give the K7 a big edge over the Pentium III -- Intel's current top bus speed is 100 MHz.

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Plus they operate in the big cities that reporters are based in, whereas up until 2010, CCME had no big-city presence (in 2010, CCME entered the airport express bus market).

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Though the big shopping budgets of many Chinese tourists are sustaining the growth of the luxury-goods industry, the bus tours that escort most middle-class Chinese tourists in Europe usually book them into budget motels on the outskirts of Paris.

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