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...Traction-control systems that prevented rear wheelspin are banned, while gearboxes have to last four consecutive races...
Mail was later distributed via locomotive and eventually airplane. But not even the fastest delivery speeds--at one time, mail was dropped off up to four times a day--could stop what would spell catastrophe for the USPS: e-mail, which is faster, easier and free. That, coupled with the fact that 4 out of 5 households with Internet access now pay bills online, has left mail carriers out in the cold. In 2009 alone, post offices saw a 13% drop in mail volume. Forget rain or gloom of night--it's the act of clicking Send billions of times...
...happens that the movie arrives in a little sulfur cloud of industry rancor. When Disney, its distributor, announced that the picture would be released on DVD only three months after its opening in movie houses instead of the usual four, the bosses of British theater chains balked, declaring they would not show Alice. A compromise was reached, and the film is now playing throughout the U.K. (Read a review of Burton's Alice in Wonderland at Techland.com...
Amid protests from the U.S. and Georgia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on March 1 that France was negotiating the sale of four Mistral-class assault ships to Russia. The announcement, which came at the start of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's three-day state visit, marks the first such deal between Moscow and a NATO country. While Sarkozy described the deal as an attempt to move beyond Soviet-era politics, nearby nations have raised concerns about the decision to sell the ships--which can carry troops, helicopters and armored vehicles--to a country that launched an offensive against...
Coates picked up the win against Canisus in the season opener, giving up just four goals in 45 minutes of playing time, but he struggled in allowing 13 goals in a loss against No. 14 Georgetown his next time out. Head coach John Tillman gave Krieger his first career start against the Crusaders, and he gave up seven goals and earned the victory...