The Eskanazi interior is designed around a central spine that orients people and personnel, defying the usual confusing hospital maze.

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Deuce is a stern steerer, so called because the vehicle is steered via a single pivoting skate fixed to the back end of a long central spine analogous to a boat's hull.

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After 1991, when a balance-of-payments crisis led India to deregulate, the central bank rediscovered its spine.

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