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• Casino
  A '''casino''' is a facility that accommodates certain types of [[gambling]] activities. Casinos are often placed near or combined with hot ...[[bordello]] (also called "casa chiusa", literally "closed house"), while the gambling house is spelled ''casinò'' with an accent.
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• Air racing
  ...[[airport]]s. Many of the planes used also perform acrobatic stunts during the races. ..., Gloucestershire. The aircraft fly singly, and have to pass between pairs of pylons]]
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• Spaghetti alla Bolognese
  ...se ground meat instead of minced, but the texture is not as good and often the meat is not lean enough, leading to greasy sauce. Recipes differ greatly fr ...e only a very small amount of tomato – maybe a couple of tablespoons of [[tomato paste]].
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• Lance Reventlow
  ...Kingdom]] – died [[July 24]], [[1972]] near [[Aspen, Colorado]], [[United States]], was a wealthy playboy, entrepreneur, and [[Formula One]] race car driver ...ra Hutton's second of seven, did not last and the child became the subject of a bitter custody battle.
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• Economy car
  ...xpensive design) allowed it to be the first car to exemplify the ideals of the economy car. It was far less expensive, smaller, and more austere than its ...to catch on in [[Japan]] during the same time period, leading to the start of their own automobile industry.
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• Street racing
  ...n reach easily over 100 miles per hour and due to the unprofessionalism of the driving, crashes can occur easily, at times with deadly results. ...often object to the use of the term ''[[drag race]]'' to describe an event of this type.)
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• Three wheeler
  [[Image:1885Benz.jpg|thumb|A photograph of the [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]].]] ...and Cyclecars. The term [[Tricycle]] is used somewhat interchangeably, but the term ''three-wheeler'' is more often applied to motor vehicles.
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• Pininfarina
  ...Following the company, his surname became Pininfarina in 1961, as a result of combining his nickname and surname). ...[[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]], [[Volvo]], [[Alfa Romeo]] and [[Lancia]]. Since the 1980's Pininfarina has also provided [[industrial design]] and [[interior d
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• Clay Regazzoni
  |Last race || [[1980 United States Grand Prix West]] ...am-mate [[Jacky Ickx]] and the late [[Jochen Rindt]], who posthumously won the world championship that year.
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• SWM
  ...s engined enduro bikes and began making Rotax engined trial bikes in 1977. The other main manufacturers at this time were [[Fantic Motor (motorcycles)|Fan ...with development input from Sammy Miller and Charles Coutard. Acerbis made the plastic mouldings, and suspension was by Marzocchi. These first trials mach
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• Fiat Dino
  ...] and the two are often confused. The Fiat Dino allowed Ferrari to achieve the necessary production numbers to [[homologate]] [[Alfredo Ferrari]]'s V6 eng The Fiat Dino Spider was introduced at Turin Motor Show 1966 and Coupe version
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• Infineon Raceway
  |Construction cost || $70 million [[United States dollar|USD]] '''[[Indy Racing League]]''' <br> [[Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County]
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• Lamborghini Espada
  The '''Lamborghini Espada''' is a [[grand tourer]] which was built by [[Italy|I ...]. 1217 cars were made, making it the most successful Lamborghini model at the time.
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• Fantic Motor
  ...uced recreation vehicles (mini bikes, enduros and go-karts) destinated for the USA market. ...at the top of the world confirming the great technology products born from the assembly lines via a [[Barzago Parini]].
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• San Pellegrino
  [[Image:SanPellegrinoBottle.jpg|thumb|150px|A 750ml bottle of San Pellegrino]] [[Image:Sanpellagrinoaranciatacan.jpg|thumb|150px|right|A can of San Pellegrino Aranciata]]
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• Hot rod
  ...50s]] and [[1960s]] as a derogatory term for any car that did not fit into the [[mainstream]]. As hot rodding became more popular in the [[1950s]], magazines and associations catering to "[[street rod]]ders" were
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• EuroBrun
  ...io-Swiss ownership. They participated in 46 grands prix, entering a total of 76 cars. [[Image:EuroBrunfcar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Oscar Larrauri in the EuroBrun in 1988]]
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...ed States]] as a whole in model year 1968. Their use became widespread in the following decades and now they are ubiquitous in industrialised nations and ...ly substantial increases in the number of vehicles in use, have meant that the overall reduction in pollution has been much slower.
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• Ludovico Scarfiotti
  ...hampionship points. A motor sports competitor for a decade, Scarfiotti won the European mountain driving title in 1962. ...associated with cars from his youth. His father was among five founders of the [[Fiat]] automobile company.
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• Vacuum brake
  ...sed on [[train]]s. It was first introduced in the mid 1860s and a variant, the '''automatic vacuum brake''' system became almost universal in British trai It enjoyed a brief period of adoption in the [[United States|USA]], primarily on [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge railroad]]s.
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