Eight feet tall and twenty-four feet long, the specimen had been mounted in a predatory running position, with its arms out and its jaws open, as if determined to eat Lot No. 49220 a cast Komodo dragon, crouching ten yards away, on blue velvet.

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Brawn GP chief Ross Brawn had mounted a robust defense of his position.

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These are propellers mounted in transverse tunnels in the hull, to help position the craft and hold her stable while alongside a rig.

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Mr Hutchinson, an officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 34 years, took over from Tom Constantine who held the position from May 2000 until his retirement at the end of 2003.

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Caine and colleagues are currently pioneering new tracking devices for swimmers, which employ body-mounted gyroscopes and accelerometers in tandem with cameras and sensors around the pool to monitor body position, acceleration, speed and power.

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