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  • I was also a Noddy rider (lightweight motor-cycle). radio-equipped, and answering 999 calls.

    Think About Your Searching! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • As you can see, the motor-cycle is the focal point of the entrance hall, which we consider to be quite cool. -via Vectroave

    House in Wicklow by Odos Architects 2010

  • In other genres, always remember that if the other guy has a car or motor-cycle, and you're on foot, the script will allow you to stay ahead for ages, no matter how much he guns the motor and crashes through heaps of carboard boxes.

    50 Things That Only Ever Happen in the Movies The Nag 2009

  • Oppenheimer, for instance, had never seen an automobile or a motor-cycle.

    Chapter 14 2010

  • Later, the motor-cycle they're riding down a narrow street in a Spanish town comes nose-to-nose with a stampede of bulls.

    The Brainy Blockbuster 2010

  • The principal experts in climatology have been ousted from the IPCC, which has an expert in motor-cycle helmets amongst other similar luminaries on its board.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • SHE DIED FOR A BLURRY PICTURE, A pointless snap from a speeding motor-cycle that might have appeared on an inside spread of Hello! or Paris Match or some other glossy of no consequence.

    Dying For The Age Of Diana 2008

  • Tucano Urbano, the leader in moped and motor-cycle accessories, has just added a line of fur - and cashmere-lined faux-zebra or - leopard leg aprons that recycle air from the radiator in order to keep you warm ($200 to $800; tucanourbano. it).

    Balmy Biking 2007

  • Police drew up an Identikit photograph of a young man with a moustache who was seen parking the motor-cycle, and they also traced two fake Cypriot passports which he was believed to have used.

    Archive 2007-10-01 GayandRight 2007

  • In October 1980 a bomb planted in a motor-cycle saddle-bag outside the rue Copernic synagogue in the wealthy 16th arrondissement killed three French men and a young Israeli woman.

    A terrorist amongst us... GayandRight 2007

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