Gearheads - this is the checkered flag of a new race about to begin.
It is more like a flag of convenience for a variety of unrelated individuals.
Late in last year's Nascar season Richard Petty was facing the final checkered flag of his legendary career.
If anyone sees Alex Salmond (or indeed Carwyn Jones) waving a flag of St George, do get in touch.
Sinn Fein claimed this was no more than a flag of convenience for loyalist groups, supposedly observing a ceasefire.
CRM, which I added to the list Monday, is a very close to breaking above the bull flag of 112-114.
Many mourners at Sunday's funeral waved the light blue flag of the Sunni-based opposition Future Party, while others carried Lebanon's national flag.
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But Richard Berg Rust, chairman of the Northumbrian Association, thinks that the flag of Bernicia is only really popular north of the Tyne.
The flag of Rocamadour flew over the battle of Navas de Tolosa, when the Moors were routed by the army of Alfonso VIII of Castile.
"That's why the New York Yacht Club kept the Cup for 130 years, " says Koch, who competed under the flag of the San Diego Yacht Club.
It seems that these mammoth structures are considered ships, and this one was flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, a country of roughly 70, 000 people.
But his rivals point out derisively that the maroon-and-white colours of his posters match those of the flag of Qatar, generally seen as his chief sponsor.
Meanwhile in Downing Street the official flag of the 2012 Paralympic Games has been raised - replacing the Olympic rings that have been flying over Number 10.
The flag of the People's Republic of China is red with four small yellow stars surrounding one larger star on the upper corner near the flag pole.
Even the original flag of the United States, first raised in 1775 was "a jack with the union flag, and striped red and white in the field".
On top of the mess, one straight tube juts out, a square of gray duct tape hanging from it, flapping in the breeze, a flag of surrender.
The biggest threat to their chances of winning will come from an all-English trio of Jamie Staff, Matt Crampton and Jason Kenny competing under the flag of sponsors Science in Sport.
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Early in the day Pope Francis glided through the square in an open-top vehicle amid a sea of colored banners, including the white and sky-blue flag of his home country of Argentina.
What are you doing to challenge conventional wisdom and ensure that your operational practices are being done in way that is optimized for today rather than blindly saluting the flag of the past?
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has come under increasing pressure to address inflationary concerns, as food and energy costs have gone up steadily in the U.S. (Read Firms Wave Red Flag Of Inflation).
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Net revenues in developing markets grew 24%, as opposed to an 11.3% increase in Europe, and a 4.4% rise in North America. (Read PepsiCo, Starbucks And Others Wave Red Flag Of Inflation).
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It was only 10 years ago, when Euro 96 saw England host a major tournament for the first time in 30 years, that the flag of England replaced its British equivalent as the supporters' flag of choice.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | The fight to keep flying the flag
Tensions between Jakarta and Aceh have been running high recently over the decision by Aceh's parliament to use the flag of the now defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement as its official symbol, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta reports.
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There were tears in the foyer as hotel staff queued up to take pictures of the press corps - then sent a couple of brave porters on to the bullet train platform to pursue us out of the station waving the flag of St George.
"I don't know what happened there but I'm shocked, I'm really shocked, because somehow he really carries the flag of the Paralympic Games and Paralympians, " Eduard Novak, a Romanian para-cyclist who won a gold medal in the London games, said in a phone interview Thursday.
One of the things that we discussed is creating a mechanism so that the international community can ensure that we have a peaceful resolution of the situation there, and that any actions that are taken to protect civilians are done so not under the flag of any particular country, but that the international community is stepping in.
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Goldman Sachs (GS) led the charge, breaking out of its flag ahead of the market.
One features the silhouette of a man sporting the colours of the German flag, the second those of the French flag.
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