Try this thought experiment: Your smarty-pants car is fitted with something called intelligent speed adaptation.

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This is a plausible scenario, not seat of the pants stuff.

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This is management of the Senate by the seat of your pants.

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This in turn is fueling sales of skateboarding gear and apparel--cargo pants, suede sneakers and the like.

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Jane visits a cosmetic surgeon for a consultation, then flees in outrage. (Surely no mature actress in this movie has had a consultation, right?) Jake is observed with his pants down at a fertility clinic, nagged to duty by the relentlessly unappealing Agness.

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Earlier this summer LOFT, which is owned by Ann Taylor, posted photos on its Facebook page of a new pair of pants worn by a skinny model.

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