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• Southern Italy
  The transition to a united [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] was not smooth for the ...litik strategy (the Communist Party of Italy was the biggest among Western nations) that made the mafia unprecedentedly rich, and the political elite unpreced
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• Vatican City
  ...ontinuous diplomatic representation or service in the world. Indeed, other nations have their diplomatic relations with the Holy See, never the Vatican City S ...- said Juliana Nel, a spokeswoman for the Universal Postal Union, a United Nations agency based in Berne, Switzerland.''
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• Formula One
  ...nso]] qualifying in a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Though [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete regularly, he was
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• Engine displacement
  ...tury and most modern cars utilise engines much smaller than that: in the [[United States]], 1 to 2 litres for smaller cars, 3 to 5 litres for larger and fast In many nations levels of [[tax]]ation on [[automobile]]s have been based on engine displac
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• Airbag
  ...s Domestic Product of more than half of the member countries of the United Nations. [http://www.scienceservingsociety.com/traffic-safety.htm] (p. 319). ...ibuted to an airbag was reported, with deaths peaking in 1997 at 53 in the United States. [[TRW]] produced the first gas-inflated airbag in 1994, with senso
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• Fuel injection
  ...lmost all gasoline passenger cars sold in [[first world]] markets like the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia have come equipped with electronic fue ...in developing countries. EFI will undoubtedly replace carburetors in these nations too as they adopt emission regulations similar to Europe, Japan, and North
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...h Africa]] to assemble right hand drive vehicles for the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] markets. [[Fiat]] and other Italian manufacturers establishe ==Return to the United States==
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• Die Another Day
  ...ene conducted in a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[temple]] and a scene where an [[United States|American]] officer issues orders to the [[Republic of Korea Army|Sou ...orea would be able to invade South Korea, [[Japan]], and other surrounding nations. Icarus would also be used to defend North Korea while it invades, by destr
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...modern meaning of hybrid propulsion, the word ''hybrid'' was used in the [[United States]] to mean a vehicle of mixed national origin; generally, a [[Europe] ...ear power]], which can operate underwater indefinitely, though a number of nations continue to rely on diesel-electric fleets.
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• Bicycle
  ...iciency for increased comfort. Facilitated by connections between European nations and their overseas colonies, European-style bicycles were soon available wo ...ecame prominent advocates for improvements to roads and highways. In the [[United States]], the [[League of American Wheelmen]] lobbied for the improvement o
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• Quantum of Solace
  |Budget || [[Pound sterling|£]]113.4 million ([[United States dollar|US$]]224.87 million) ...m series)|James Bond film]] by [[EON Productions]], due for release in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2008 and in North America on 14 November. The [[seque
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• Gino Bartali
  :History and myth united, and a miracle if you like, because that evening Bartali got a phone call a ...[[1947 Giro d'Italia]], the [[Giro di Lombardia]] and the [[Grand Prix des Nations]].
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• Paris-Roubaix
  ...little metres for a legendary victory. The stands exploded and the ovation united the two men. Garin exulted under the cheers of the crowd. Cordang cried bit * 1986-1988: avenue des Nations-Unies
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• Music of Italy
  ...y]] monarch who eventually became [[Victor Emanuel II]], the first king of united Italy). Thus, "Viva Verdi" became a rallying cry for patriots and often app ...though it is most commonly associated with the folk musics of other Alpine nations. The Italian [[Carnival]] is associated with several song types, especiall
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• Italian literature
  Next to Lorenzo comes [[Poliziano]], who also united, and with greater art, the ancient and the modern, the popular and the clas ...c, now theological. Pulci raised the romantic epic into a work of art, and united the serious and the comic.
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• Italian Literature
  Next to Lorenzo comes [[Poliziano]], who also united, and with greater art, the ancient and the modern, the popular and the clas ...c, now theological. Pulci raised the romantic epic into a work of art, and united the serious and the comic.
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