They are also kicking the tires on tablets from Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, he said.

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Many voters, however, are still kicking the tires, like Concord High senior Burt Betchart, who just turned 18 in time to vote Feb. 1.

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An odd way of kicking the tires, perhaps--unlike that of any of the seven previous potential buyers who visited privately held Plastron Industries, the maker of "bobbins, " thermoplastic parts for wound electronic components such as coils.

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Inside the cavernous Washington Convention Center, spokesmodels gestured lovingly toward the shiny new cars and beckoned to the weekend crowd, car guys kicking tires, kids pretending to drive, and couples arguing over whether they needed a car or a truck.

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