Take, for example, its anachronistic "two seat" arrangement that sees its meetings alternate between Brussels and Strasbourg, 220 miles away.
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In September, a twin-engine, two-seat AH-1W Cobra helicopter went down during training in a remote area of Camp Pendleton, killing two Marine pilots and igniting a brush fire that burned about 120 acres at the base north of San Diego.
That increased risk for post-flight disease doubled to 7.7% for passengers seated in a two-seat hot zone.
Already, the boundaries of 3D technology are widening substantially with the 3D printed car, the two-seat Urbee created by KOR EcoLogic of Canada.
British ex-pat Rachel Khoo moved to town to train at the Cordon Bleu, and she ran this two-seat restaurant out of her 256-square-foot apartment.
There was a largish family saloon (the Fluence), a supermini-sized hatchback (the Zoe), the Kangoo Be Bop ZE and a wacky two-seat urban runabout (the Twizy).
Would you trust a two-seat car that had just absorbed a run-in with a cavernous Bronx pothole to carry you and a loved one 15, 000 feet above ground?
He was swiftly promoted to the non-voting role of Speaker, freeing up his predecessor - Labour member Harry Jenkins - and effectively giving Ms Gillard a two-seat majority in the House.
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Also included is one model for which we have difficulty finding a reason for any rational motorist to purchase, aside from it being easy to park, the diminutive two-seat Smart ForTwo.
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Winkler sees this kind of arrangement as a way to allay concerns that owning a two-seat car like the smart fortwo, with its limited cargo capacity, would be too much of an inconvenience.
In the meantime, Marchionne is opening the U.S. to Alfa again via the 4C, a two-seat sports car that makes sense as a wedge for re-establishing the brand in the United States.
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Unlike the concept car, the two-seat production version, based on a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic monocoque, will feature a manual roof system with removable panels that can be stored in the front luggage compartment.
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Smaller than the larger and swanker CL- and SL-Class models and larger and costlier than the two-seat SLK-Class, the since-discontinued midsize Mercdes-Benz CLK-Class can be found in both sporty luxury coupe and convertible versions.
Cadillac is in the midst of a big product rollout, including the entry-level ATS and the larger XTS. But Ferguson has said Cadillac still needs a flagship model and has hinted at the possibility of a two-seat roadster.
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Besides the two 199-seat theaters in The Snapple Center, Russell also carved out two rehearsal studios that help her financial bottom line.
In March, Democrat Bill Foster won House Speaker Dennis Hastert's former Illinois seat, and two weeks ago Democrat Don Cazayoux won a Louisiana seat that hadn't voted for a Democrat since the 1970's.
His bikes are equipped with a Rigidaire pneumatic seat suspension system developed by Cox that absorbs vibrations using a small compressor and two air shocks under the seat.
Our plan had been to seat the two eldest children together and have the two adults with the youngest one.
Four men in the Seat and two from another car were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
He won in Newbury in 1993 on a swing of 28% and has bucked the usual trend by retaining his seat in two subsequent elections.
The result was UKIP's best: almost 28% of the vote, and its fourth second-place finish in a race for a Westminster seat in two years.
It features two removable rear-seat bins in the floor that can hold a dozen 12-ounce cans plus ice or can stow gear out of sight for added security.
True to form, they pledge to do something about all these things in return for, yes, you guessed it - a seat or two on the World Cup plane!
For travelers too rushed to pack their own food, The Middle Seat asked two nutritionists and TV food impresario Ted Allen to evaluate the latest coach menus of nine different U.S. airlines.
The Lib Dems won the seat by two votes at the general election, but a re-run has been decreed by the courts because ballot papers that would have altered the outcome were disqualified on technical grounds.
The two vied to fill the seat after incumbent Dennis Archer did not seek a third term.
Plato, then driving for Seat, won two of the three races when the BTCC visited Snetterton in 2008.
Are margins so thin at the regionals that adding two dollars' worth of seat foam would destroy profits?
The 17, 500-seat venue with two 50m swimming pools will form the gateway to the Olympic Park in Stratford.
But when they are in a rush between errands, or have two kids in the back seat, motivations can change 180 degrees.
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