The only way to get help is to trick the service into sending a unit and, after the hospital trip is underway, insisting on going to the CDC instead.

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Israel is sending an army rescue unit, including engineers, doctors and other medical staff.

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The innovation works by sending electronic signals from the steering wheel to a computerised unit that then controls the movement of the tyres, rather than using mechanical links.

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In June 2004, the Viacom unit announced it wouldn't renew its contract with Arbitron, sending the company's stock price plunging.

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By adjusting its overall shipments and the volume of each unit (iPad Mini sales are now expected to outpace the full-size model), Apple is sending the message that its original stance toward seven-inch tablets was dead wrong.

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