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It’s another thing to go elbow to elbow with a group of elite madmen barreling down an Alpine pass at 50 miles per hour.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vande Velde agreed that the peloton would be a challenge—“banging bars at 60 kilometers per hour in the last 5K…no thank you!”—but he couldn’t help but wonder how Stolz would fare.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the figure was instead cut to 5% - which will see the rate rise from £12.25 to £12.86 per hour - after a lengthy debate in the parliament.

From BBC

He then identifies four African cases where gross domestic product experienced rapid per capita growth—Botswana, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Rwanda.

From The Wall Street Journal

Per capita GDP rose to $4,000 in 2000 from less than $300 in 1970.

From The Wall Street Journal