Clarke have popularized the idea of a space elevator, there are still a few kinks that need to be worked out before we start having folks hit the "door close" button for a 100, 000 kilometer (62, 000 miles) ride.
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The girls had done their job well but the Swiss stone was close to the button and there was a red guard blocking so I had to draw the stone round from the left, miss the Swiss guard and put the stone right in the centre of the house.
Veteran Brazilian Barrichello believes he can still close the gap to Button in the remaining six races.
Worse, despite fire alarms going off all over the place, operators had shut down the reactor slowly by hand instead of hitting the panic-button to close the reactor immediately.
Star driver Jenson Button has come close over the past two years but has yet to stand on top of the podium.
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Button's Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello finished behind the dominant Red Bulls in third place, to close to within 23 points of Button in the world drivers' standings, with Vettel breathing down the Brazilian's neck.
Button got his lucky break in the race when team-mate Rubens Barrichello, following close behind in second, and forming a barrier between Button and Raikkonen, suffered graining tyres 10 laps into the race.
During a demo, the companies showed how users can push a button on a TV to view snippets of information from the Web and push another button for an up-close look.
Even Facebook, which once held fast to its model of private sharing among close friends, is pushing an "everyone" button that makes your updates public.
Located directly on the strip nestled between the top and bottom plastic pieces, the power button and volume rocker are set incredibly close to the body of the phone, which makes it more difficult to press.
The device was also quick to launch apps, as well as close out of them abruptly if ever we changed our mind and hit the Start button.
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For instance, holding down the on-off button or removing and replacing the battery typically causes an Android device to reboot and close all apps, including MDM.
Button led the way in the opening practice session, but the second saw the field close up behind pacesetter, Sebastian Vettel.
It's spring-loaded, and released by pressing the button on the right side of the T28 -- open it to answer a call, close it to hang up.
In macro mode, which can be set by pushing the zoom ring forward while depressing the macro button on the side of the lens, focusing is possible between 8 and 20 inches for close-up shooting with a maximum image magnification of 0.72X (35mm camera equivalent).
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McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were fourth and fifth and Red Bull's Mark Webber sixth, heightening hopes for a close, competitive race.
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