Its four turboprops provide it with a cruise speed of 0.72 mach at altitudes of up to 40, 000 feet and the plane has excellent low speed handling characteristics needed for paratroopers and load dropping.

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Chatbots may well be able to speed up the handling of call-centre enquiries.

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Mr McQueen said plans were in place to speed up case handling in Aberdeen and that he was confident Haddington's work could be absorbed in the capital.

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Regarding performance, until a few years ago priorities were, in this order: top speed, acceleration and handling.

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This requires foot speed and leaping ability, as well as mercurial ball handling.

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The US military has defended its handling of the rescue operation at the airport, saying it was doing "everything in our power to speed aid to Haiti as fast as humanly possible".

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