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• Verona
  [[Image:It-map.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of Italy showing Verona in the north]] ...ver to the Garda lake in case of flood danger. The tunnel reduced the risk of floodings from once every seventy years to once every two centuries.
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• Car classification
  ...lish]]. The following are commonly used classifications. Where applicable, the relevant [[EuroNCAP]] classifications are shown. !United States!![[EuroNCAP]]!![[Vehicle size class|Euro size]]!!Example
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• 2003 Formula One season
  ...2003 United States Grand Prix. For Michael Schumacher's brother, 2003 was the best season in his career]] The '''2003 Formula One season''' was the 54th [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It commenced on [[M
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• Race car
  | Caption || The start of a [[Formula One]] race in 2008 ...]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[commercialization|commercialized]].
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• You Only Live Twice
  |Distributor:||[[United Artists]] ...hol later directed [[1977 in film|1977's]] ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and [[1979 in film|1979's]] ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonr
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• Automobile safety
  ...n, construction, and equipment to minimise the occurrence and consequences of [[automobile accident]]s. ([[Road traffic safety]] more broadly includes r ...njury-related deaths, an estimated total of 1.2 million in 2004, or 25% of the total from all causes.
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• Tony Stewart
  [[1999 in NASCAR|1999]] [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year]]<br> ...ng League|IRL]]<br> [[Indy Racing League#IRL Rookies of the Year|Rookie of the Year]]<br>
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• Gilles Villeneuve
  ...career at the highest level. In 1979 he finished second by four points in the championship to teammate [[Jody Scheckter]]. ...ofound effect. Since 1982 he has become an iconic figure in the history of the sport, renowned for his car control, aggressive driving style, and a 'never
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• Electronic stability control
  ...cording to the [[IIHS]] one-third of fatal accidents could be prevented by the technology. In 1987, the earliest innovators of ESC, Mercedes-Benz, [[BMW]] and [[Toyota]] introduced their first [[tractio
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• Tomorrow Never Dies
  |Distributor:||[[United Artists]] |Followed by:||[[The World Is Not Enough]]
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• Engine displacement
  ...Displacement]], One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in red.]] ...inch]]es. In a [[piston engine]], this is the volume that is ''swept'' as the [[piston]]s are moved from ''[[top dead centre]]'' to ''bottom dead centre'
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...ferent layouts as and when they were the best solution at the time to meet the design parameters. ...ger at Fiat by 1937 and he had become director of the engineering division of Fiat by 1950.
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• Airbag
  ...used for cushioning, in particular after very rapid inflation in the case of an automobile [[collision]]. ...the airbag was invented by [[John W. Hetrick]] and he patented the airbag the following year. It was an invention to help protect his own family using e
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• Alain Prost
  ...985|Alain Prost pictured ahead of his Monaco Grand Prix win. It was one of the five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One |Date of birth ||24 February 1955
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• 2005 Formula One season
  ...2005.jpg|thumb|230px|[[Fernando Alonso]] won the drivers' championship at the [[2005 Brazilian Grand Prix]].]] ...r]] and [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. With 19 Grands Prix the 2005 season featured the most events ever.
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• Octopussy
  ...it was released in [[1983 in film|1983]], the same year as the release of the unofficial James Bond film ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' by screenwriter an ...a Lady]]", both of which are included in the collection ''[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights]]'' (1966).
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• Formula One
  ...ualifying in a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...s and constructors|constructors]]. The cars race at speeds often in excess of 300 km/h (185 mph).
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• The World Is Not Enough
  ! colspan=2 |'''The World is Not Enough''' |Caption:||''The World is Not Enough'' film poster
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• Luciano Pavarotti
  ...r his award-winning charity work, raising money on behalf of [[refugees]], the [[Red Cross]] and other worthy causes. ...and a conquering personality.") His "[[tenor C|high C]]" would become one of his trademarks.
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...elebrated its 90^th running and 61^st consecutive year of uninterrupted occurrence. ===The early years===
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