The medical team and emergency services team that we have are a world-class operation, and they are constantly trying to improve car and circuit safety.

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It's not any high-class financial operation, it's a technical improvement, which sure has changed banking.

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But a city like New Orleans, with its rebuilding challenges, its violence, its rich culture, the odd mix of civic virtue and corruption, and its long-term existential risks from hurricanes and rising seas, deserves a first-class newsgathering operation.

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The operation targeted class-restricted vehicles on national speed limit roads on 30 January and 26 February.

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People at the ends of their careers come cheap and, rather like antiques in a lobby, lend class to a new operation.

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One member of the class had had a sex-change operation.

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The durable body is resistant to impacts and dropping, and a Class 1, Division 1, Groups C, D, F UL approval assures safe and compliant operation.

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In the end, it's not relevant who holds what title in the McCain operation, because it is not being run by campaign professionals, but by the Washington lobbying class.

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The military thinking behind a cruiser such as the Ticonderoga class is to create an offensive warship that will also provide defensive firepower for a carrier group or amphibious operation under air or sea attack.

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