It's even fast standing still as the battery recharges in just two and a half hours.

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If Hamas does stop firing rockets, Mr Barak's standing could rise fast.

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"Those of us who want to enhance this parliament's standing must not play fast and loose with the procedures of this place for party political advantage, " he said.

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Investing in it would be much like standing in front of a fast-moving train.

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Traffic leaving the Shell filling station at South Brent has to pull almost from a standing start into two lanes of fast moving traffic.

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And they fear zealous prosecutors could start monitoring pregnant women for more mundane examples of unsafe conduct: drinking alcohol, driving fast, or even standing on a ladder.

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It killed entire brands, Pontiac included, and axed high-performance cars like the G8, a full-size, V8-powered sedan very similar to the new Chevy SS. It even went so far as to completely disband its long-standing High Performance Vehicle Operations unit, which had developed such fast, gas-guzzling cars as the Cadillac CTS-V and Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1.

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"I was standing outside having a cigarette when I saw the helicopter flying super fast towards the crane, " said Rezart Islami, a builder who was working across the street from the 52-story building.

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Many of the dead trees are still standing, and can serve as ladder fuels that transform relatively cool surface fires into hot, fast-moving crown fires that leap from treetop to treetop.

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