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  • The Commission cast a wide net, reviewed many funding alternatives, and concluded that indeed the most viable approach to efficiently fund federal investment in surface transportation in the medium to long run will be a user charge system based more directly on miles driven and potentially on factors such as time of day, type of road, and ve- hicle weight and fuel economy rather than indirectly on fuel consumed.

    Federal Commission Endorses Higher Gas Tax And Miles-Driven Tax 2009

  • The Commission cast a wide net, reviewed many funding alternatives, and concluded that indeed the most viable approach to ef fi ciently fund federal investment in surface transportation in the medium to long run will be a user charge system based more directly on miles driven (and potentially on factors such as time of day, type of road, and ve - hicle weight and fuel economy) rather than indirectly on fuel consumed.

    Federal Commission Endorses Higher Gas Tax And Miles-Driven Tax 2009

  • This time, we were in the vee-hicle, by no means hurtling though, and Leroy and Karen were on the speaker phone.

    NASA Watch: Exploration: April 2008 Archives 2008

  • This time, we were in the vee-hicle, by no means hurtling though, and Leroy and Karen were on the speaker phone.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: April 2008 Archives 2008

  • This is the ninth such com - mission formed by the government to advise on the Fund since its inception 10 years ago, originally as the Multilateral Motor Ve - hicle Accidents Fund (MMF).

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • As it was not a military ve-hicle it possessed no sensing equipment of its own, and the crew was intent only on their assigned destination, not the familiar, unremarkable terrain they were crossing.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • Soratii's peo-ple encountered and reported the presence of photic charges, heat - and shape-seeking missiles, and intelligent explosives, in addition to an aurora dome which would instantly short out the components of any approaching ve-hicle, not to mention microwaving its inhabitants.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • "Well, if he can't, maybe he can round up a _ridin'_ vee-hicle," Arline remarked dryly, placing the meat before Manley, the potatoes before Val, and the gravy exactly between the two, with mathematical precision.

    Lonesome Land B. M. Bower 1905

  • The vaccine candidate is made by inserting the gene for the CSP from the P. falciparum malaria parasite into adenoviral vectors, which act as a have hicle 'for vaccination delivery.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The technology supports the practice of inserting genetic material from the disease-causing virus or parasite into a have hicle 'called a vector, which then delivers the immunogenic material directly to the immune system.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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