The men, who were paid by the meter and not the hour, were anxious to keep moving forward.
Industry analyst Paul Nieuwenhuis said that while many customers bought luxury cars "by the meter" -- that is to say they care more about the image than the machine -- modern Rolls-Royce cars were exceptional vehicles.
On Friday in the 4 by 100-meter relay, the American women busted a two-games streak of botching the baton handoff by setting a world record.
When completed, it's believed that the route would be served by the 223-meter cruise Henna, according to Hong Kong media.
Despite her impressive dimensions, she is not officially the largest motor yacht in the world, a record held by the 160-meter (525ft) Dubai.
The 26-year-old from Malacca makes her living -- and her name as a local celebrity -- by fearlessly entering a 3 meter-by-3 meter plastic box filled with the potentially lethal stingers.
As self-avowed "excitement eaters, " the couple would liven up the evenings at the hotel by diving off 11-meter-high rocks into the pitch-dark sea.
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In the men's 4-by-400-meter relay, the Bahamas' Ramon Miller passed American Angelo Taylor in the race's final 100 meters, taking the gold medal while the U.S. settled for silver.
If the property is sold, the loan stays with the meter and would be taken over by the new tenant.
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The two clouds were separated by about half a meter, and were constantly affected by a combination of lasers and magnets, which had the effect of maintaining the entanglement for about an hour.
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The largest, the 6-meter Large Zenith Telescope (LZT) operated by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, stands on a hilltop in a research forest some 40 miles east of the city.
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"They literally charge by the minute, and when the meter is running they can perform a wide range of tasks, " Mr. Neary says.
Vastly more information may be created, collected and analyzed by the smart meters compared to the data generated by dumb meters and gathered by monthly meter readings.
The first Pins will open on May 29th, with the Pin 5 (a 5-by-5 meter indoor location) making temporary appearances at Spitalfields Market, Westfield and White City, while the 7-by-7 outdoor version (Pin 7) will pop up in the Olympic Park along with Hyde Park at a later date this year.
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Most people might think they already have that freedom--by obeying the signs or keeping the parking meter stocked with quarters.
By tapping the "i", the meter will flip directly to the apps extra menu where the In App Purchase can be made.
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The survey was sponsored by the Abbott Laboratories, Medisense Products, the makers of the Soft-Sense meter, also launched on World Diabetes Day, which promises normally pain-free testing.
Trying to conserve her energy, she barely qualified for the final ("Definitely a little bit of a scare, " she said.) She didn't have enough time for a proper cool-down, so as her U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte swam to a fourth-place finish in the men's 200-meter freestyle, Franklin swam slow, lonely laps by herself in the adjacent diving well, trying to lower her heart rate and ready for her main event.
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To say the U.S. was the favorite in the women's 4 by 400-meter relay is an understatement.
In the 4X100-meter freestyle relay, teammate Jason Lezak trailed by almost six-tenths of a second when he entered the pool for his anchor leg.
The 21-year-old Magnussen will look for personal redemption by contending for a gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle, though his disappointment thus far left him sleepless last night.
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Or kids can be taken off parents' hands by capable babysitters, to frolic in the 15-meter pool or take part in nature walks, play board games or draw in a leather-bound blank book provided by the lodge, with complimentary crayons.
That shift in the spaces between tubes can be detected by an electrical meter.
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The New York-based company also said the meter problem will cut its 2008 earnings by 22 cents to 33 cents per share.
For fakes, most look pretty good -- once you get over the fact that anything larger than 1 meter by 3 meters is made of multiple tiles with spaces visible between them.
The meter also quantifies the benefit of electricity generated by photovoltaic cells.
The Financial Times (part-owner of The Economist) keeps readers on a meter, by charging those who look at more than ten articles a month online.
Like cities around the U.S., Santa Clara's electric meters are being systematically replaced, house by house, with high tech ones, eliminating the need for meter readers to manually check each one every month but raising concerns about health effects, privacy and cost.
For serious swimmers, a 32-meter lap pool is framed on one side by windows overlooking the mountains.
The server farm has a single entrance and is outfitted by half-meter thick metal doors and backup generators pulled from German submarines --fitting safeguards, perhaps.
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