So the idea of renting a pack to speed through a snowy forest for a weekend sounded dreamy.

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The Honda U3-X might look all futuristic and highly portable, but it doesn't pack much speed -- probably for the sake of stability.

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The notoriously nervy Holt looked to have lost the plot when he careered the cue ball off a cushion into the pack of reds at high speed.

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It will still have the improved acceleration and top speed of the bigger pack, so will be a better product than originally ordered, and can be upgraded to the range of the 60 kWh upon request by the original or a future owner.

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With newfound superstar status, Danica Patrick will start the Daytona 500 in the No. 10 Chevrolet on Sunday at the front of the pack, thanks to her 196.434 mph qualifying speed.

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The combination of high-speed Internet and inexpensive digital components allowed Aereo to pack 80 individual TV antennas and receivers on a circuit board and dynamically assign them to individual viewers on demand, then stream content to each subscriber.

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The Tigers pack is mobile, led by Mitchell Sargent, and they move around the park at speed and work really hard from marker to put teams under pressure.

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The problem is when you get stuck in the pack things happen and you can't do anything about it because you just don't have the speed.

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However, although the sea ice is shrinking -- covering less total area as well as becoming thinner -- the Arctic is still a world ruled by ice, a lesson well learned when the Polar Pioneer encountered heavy pack ice between Svalbard and the eastern coast of Greenland, forcing the captain to divert the boat and drop speed to just a few knots.

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