The only sound is their oar-blades slicing into the water and the gentle hum of a motor launch behind.

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But even Gordon thinks it is odd when I refuse to use the motor launch to inspect the oyster beds.

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Cambridge's president is Wayne Pommen, who missed out last year when his boat crashed into a motor launch on the eve of the race.

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As our motor launch sped up the Grand Canal in the moonlight, I noted all the palazzos were unlit, owned by absentee plutocrats whose hearts belonged to Venice, too, at least two weeks out of the year.

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Already Mitsubishi is working with Toyota Motor to launch a 90-seat regional jetliner in 2017.

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Earlier this month, Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons met the executives of Israel Corp during the launch of Qoros 3 sedan at the Geneva Motor show.

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Dr Baker reckons that costs can be cut if the launch rocket uses the satellite's guidance computer instead of having its own, and if the satellite's built-in rocket motor is bolstered to do the work now performed by a launch rocket's upper stage.

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