He uses an automatic car in which he pulls a hand lever to control the accelerator and brake pedals.

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But there's no hand brake lever or shift lever in the console.

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It was intriguing, and every day you got a chance to get your hand on the lever, and to alter the course of world events.

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Ally, with her hand on the lever, about to open the car door, was thinking that nothing on earth was strong enough to pull this ugly secret out of her, least of all a woman who thought it mattered if her stupid novel had died.

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On the one hand, the government is urging you on, on the other it's squeezing the brake lever.

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