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  • Thumbnail for Band brake
    A band brake is a primary or secondary brake, consisting of a band of friction material that tightens concentrically around a cylindrical piece of equipment...
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  • A bootleg turn is a driving maneuver intended to reverse the direction of travel of a forward-moving automobile by 180 degrees in a minimum amount of time...
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    Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) is the public transit system for Fayetteville, North Carolina. FAST was created in 1976, when the City of Fayetteville...
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  • HMT Laurel (T 29) was a trawler launched in 1930 that the Admiralty acquired in 1935 and converted to a minesweeper. She served throughout World War II...
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