There was a strike in Paris, subway employees, so the taxi ride cost me over 35 euros, 14 euros already on the meter before the taxi arrived at the restaurant for our pickup.
If Toyota now scores conspicuously higher on the trust meter, the company has three natural advantages that Boeing does not.
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This assumes the attacker had not damaged the remote flashing capabilities, changed the frequency on which the meter operates, or changed the calibration of the meter.
But expect the Netherlands over the U.S. women in the 4x100-meter freestyle on Saturday, and the Australian men over the U.S. in the same race on Sunday.
When electricity first came here, dos Santos says, the utility charged a flat rate to entice people to go on the meter.
There is already a wind speed meter on the spire which relays information to the cathedral floor where it is checked by members of staff and is a point of interest to visitors.
People in rural areas and small towns don't pay for water, and it's only in the bigger cities that residents--those who are on the meter and aren't stealing water--pay for what they use.
The meter on top of the dash showed that the hour-long, 13-mile pass through congested Brooklyn, running the air-conditioner the entire time and being aggressive on the throttle, drained the battery by about 20 percent.
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To find the energy hogs, you simply plug each appliance into the meter in turn, and then plug the meter into the wall socket and leave it switched on for a fixed time.
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The 17-meter swimming pool is inside on the 24th floor but has an infinity-pool effect, as it sidles up to a glass exterior wall.
Aschheim conceded that he and his team have focused more on the technical demands of the Carbon Meter project than financial returns.
Replacing RPMs on the left is a meter that lets you know how much power the car is pumping out, relating to how far you press the accelerator.
Two of eight diving events remain, with the women's 10-meter platform final on Thursday and the men's on Saturday.
Lochte beat Phelps in the 400-meter medley on Saturday with Phelps finishing a surprising fourth place, the first time Lochte had beaten him in an Olympic race.
"The drop off lately on the confidence meter is really, really significant, " he said.
This is not a year to hunker down in money market funds or to seek safety in government bonds (which in fact rate high on the risk meter).
Xinhua reported that an excavator fell off a 300-meter cliff on the way to Baoxing on Sunday morning, but the number of casualties from that accident were still unknown.
Throw in a Falcons loss in their lone Super Bowl appearance (1999) and a pair of losses by the NBA Hawks in the Eastern Conference finals, and Atlanta rides neck-and-neck with Seattle on the disappointment meter.
If you open a read-on post in a new window, that will also count against the read-on meter.
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The boat was modeled on an ancient 19-meter Phoenician shipwreck excavated off the coast of Marseille.
My favorite: cocky German sprinter Armin Hary, who won the 100-meter dash wearing Puma spikes and stood on the victory stand wearing Adidas.
The release then tosses Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's name into the mix, speculating the Chelsea owner could be a likely buyer--he's apparently on the hunt for a 100-meter plus yacht to add to his collection of the Pelorus, the Ecstasea and Le Grand Bleu especially as "the project's distinct resemblance to the Pelorus would be likely to have appealed" to the oligarch.
In 2008 Jones was favored to win the 100-meter hurdles and led the race but tripped on the penultimate hurdle and finished seventh.
Brunelleschi won again, and in 1446 construction on the 10-meter octagonal lantern began.
Donner is currently carrying out its 35, 000-meter drill program on the McLeod Zone.
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She explained that she wouldn't because, when things got really tight, she knew she could do one less wash a week and cut down on the heating to save the pound coins going into the meter.
The greater Salt Lake region had up to 130 micrograms of soot per cubic meter on Wednesday, or more than three times the federal clean-air limit, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Daley says he's now focused on the individual 10-meter event that starts Friday.
Created to help the world's couch potatoes turn the tube on and off without having to make the arduous 2-meter journey to the TV set, the standby feature has spread to virtually every appliance in the home and office.
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