Two control lines, generally 60 to 90 feet long, lead from the sides of the kite down to a padded bar about twice the length of a water-ski towrope handle.

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He has won at every stage, maintaining that his inability to walk the entire length of a golf course should not bar him from professional competition.

ECONOMIST: Fore!

On one hand, the length was essentially the same as each of our steps, enabling us to use the bar itself to easily vacuum the stairway.

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The bottom-left 4 x 4 pads represent drum sounds (touch the slider to scroll up and down through even more sounds), while the bottom-right quarter of the grid serves as a clip-length control (press and hold the first pad, tap the fourth for a four-bar loop, etc.).

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