A typical Afghan car has bald tires and squeaky brakes—not exactly ideal for zigging and zagging through the mountains.

一台典型的阿富汗汽车，轮胎全部被磨平、刹车吱吱作响——完全不能盘山而行。

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The zigging and zagging angles, they noticed, depended on the speed at which the waxy plates were being pulled apart.

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To date, zigging where others zag has largely proved a winning formula for Koonin and his suite of branded cable networks.

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Rivals were trying hopelessly to duplicate MySpace, he claimed, even as his own firm was focused on the next breakthrough, "zigging when everyone else is zagging".

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