giro

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(n) a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
(n) a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so

Anyone who can fly an ordinary airplane can, with little additional instruction, fly an autogiro.
Sooner or later it was inevitable that, as autogiros came into common use, there should be crackups.
He made the rotor blades of his next giro flexible.

"It's going to be a very difficult stage," Basso said. "This stage doesn't suit my skills and I will have to be very relaxed. But we had a stage with the same kind of stress level during the Giro, and I handled it well."
on Jul 2, 2010 By: Ivan Basso Source: The Associated Press
"Being at the start of the Giro is no problem," Bruyneel said. "But he has to have at least a decent level to be in the race and to compete at a certain level. ...... Now it's almost clear that he's not going to be able to be a contender but...
on Mar 24, 2009 By: Johan Bruyneel Source: International Herald Tribune
"I don't have any experience with this race," Armstrong said. "The other day I trained with Axel Merckx and I asked him a ton of questions. I'm excited. I'm certainly coming to try to win, because there's a chance that the Giro is the only...
on Oct 14, 2008 By: Lance Armstrong Source: USA Today