In panic, Mr Hilli reversed the car into a bank of earth surrounding the remote car park above the hamlet of Chevaline, the report suggests, trapping the back axle and preventing his escape.

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It was Burt's genius idea of turning the spaceship into a giant shuttle car, and for it to come in as a shuttle car into the Earth's atmosphere, that was the breakthrough.

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See, this car is based on the great new Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) 350Z, a car we proclaimed the best sports car value on earth, a crown we don't expect to transfer to a successor vehicle for some time.

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The car squats close to the earth, seeming to draw its power from it, like Antaeus.

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But one- third of it could survive, including pieces as large as a small car, and smack into the Earth as fast as 0.6 mile (1 km) a second, authorities said.

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He wants to design a car that doesn't cost the earth to make -- financially or environmentally.

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Ally, with her hand on the lever, about to open the car door, was thinking that nothing on earth was strong enough to pull this ugly secret out of her, least of all a woman who thought it mattered if her stupid novel had died.

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You want to save the earth, but you're not ready for a hybrid car.

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Several of my colleagues over the years who were retired business executives or selected stock car racing as their sport of choice for its down-to-earth appeal.

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Accor found that its luxury hotel brand, Sofitel, was hit hard by the recession, but its more down-to-earth chains (such as Ibis and Red Roof Inns, which rely heavily on domestic car-bound travellers) counterbalanced that effect.

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