My heart sank as I remembered that the run-flat technology claimed to eliminate the need for a spare.
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Fortunately, the rest stop had a garage, but the guys just stared at our mangled run-flat tire and shrugged.
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Then, crossing over the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey, he hit the mother of all potholes and blew out the front left run-flat tire.
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We felt a few bumps and jolts over pockmarked pavement, due largely we suspect to the standard run-flat tires (which by nature are stiffer than conventional rubber), but by the same token the ride is never floaty or bouncy, which will certainly spare rear-seat riders from ever feeling seasick in this land yacht.
Boris Fedorov, a colleague who later became finance minister, recalls the modesty of his accommodation: a cramped, run-down communal flat.
Everybody knows that worker ants can run flat-out all day with giant loads of food on their backs, but can they do this and also dance the limbo?
Friedel had little option but to wait and see whether Doyle made contact with his near-post run but once the ball eluded the striker, he found himself both flat-footed and woefully out of position.
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Mr. Brown is a man of ideas, having run for president in 1992 on a bold flat-tax agenda.
Parra made them pay by landing two more penalties and the Londoners saw yet another scoring opportunity wasted when a flat-footed Strettle, with space to run into, was halted by a crunching Nalaga hit after Malzieu had spilled an up-and-under.
At the same time, the utilities charge residential consumers a flat rate, giving them no incentive to run appliances during off-peak hours.
Flat-screen TV monitors have been installed at various attractions and constantly run branded programming and videos.
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"If we flat-out begin to eliminate these sports, we're going to run the risk of taking steps backward, " he said.
For all its flat-screen razzle and high-bandwidth dazzle, it seems the world has run out of major ideas.
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It is run by Richard Sulik, a zealous economic liberal who brought the flat tax to Slovakia in its free-market glory days.
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