Word: ramps
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...shield doesn't render its strategic deterrence worthless. That's a possibility that's very real, and Washington has to take it seriously. The CIA intelligence on North Korea is based as much on guesswork as on hard facts, but the agency knows that China can ramp up its force...
...John provides us with an ability to really ramp up and reach a new frontier for the library both in the kinds of issues that we'll be addressing, the level of people involve, and the degree of visibility that they'll bring," Kirk said...
...runners-up--has spawned a beauty boom in a country where only a generation ago women in the glamour business were considered licentious. Now, conservative middle-class dads urge their daughters into bikinis, and moms put them on high-protein diets intended (perhaps naively) to help them achieve the ramp-mandatory 5-ft. 7-in. height requirement. The organizer of the annual Miss India contest, the Times of India group of newspapers and magazines, reports receiving applications by the sackful. Eventually, 600 hopefuls will be chosen for the elimination rounds, and just 30 will make it to the final show...
...automakers, are smart highways embedded with millions of tiny sensors and even smarter cars that are constantly aware of the traffic that is flowing around them. Drivers in the not-too-distant future, they say, will navigate from their home to the nearest freeway entrance ramp, at which point the collision-detection computer will take over. Commuters will barrel down the highway at 120 m.p.h., with only a few inches between their car and the next. But will they worry? No, they'll be checking the NASDAQ and gabbing on their cell phone and scouring eBay until they reach their...
...Undeterred, he slipped behind a pillar, dodged the gate attendant, passed the barrier and walked down the ramp all but unnoticed. Averell hid in a bathroom on the plane, intending to find an empty seat later...