Members grab gear and run for a Blackhawk helicopter.

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We gadget nerds have to endure unspeakable atrocities in order to slake that early adoption jones: first-run gear shipped DOA, buggy pre-release software, and months of waiting after a product leaks only to be greeted by a jacked-up price premium at launch.

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Whole platoons of soldiers in camouflage gear are told to run as they head toward the stricken area.

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Another is that if you take enough load off of an air shifted Liberty transmission, it can pop out of gear into neutral, and the run is done.

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However, after Tesla's litigious run-in with Top Gear, the company keeps detailed vehicle data logs to ensure it gets a fair deal in reviews.

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For a couple of hundred dollars of discretionary departmental funds you run done to your local geek gear outlet and buy a WiFi AP along with a WiFi enabled printer.

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She said that driving a qualifying lap at Daytona -- where drivers shift gears three times then run the engine in its highest gear -- was 90% crew preparation and 10% driver.

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Australia never needed top gear but Ponting praised Elton Chigumbura and Mluleki Nkala for a 114-run partnership which prevented the final game from being totally one-sided.

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Initially, I was going to do the run-of-the-mill round-up of the latest and greatest gear from this year.

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They have been hired to run trips from Maine to Wyoming to Italy, for customers as diverse as well-known outdoor gear and clothing manufacturer The North Face and college alumni associations.

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