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odometer

ohdo muh ter

  • n  a meter that shows mileage traversed

  • When technology finally caught up with his vision of a fiscal odometer, Durst's clock included a smaller counter that tracked each American family's share, which in 1989 added up .
  • As the odometer of war clicks past 4,000 killed in Iraq, and approaches 500 in Afghanistan, it's stories like those about the Ranger roommates that often fall below the nation .
  • An otherwise prosperous Chrysler decade was tarnished in 1987 when a federal grand jury indicted the automaker for odometer fraud.
News & Articles

  • Car dealership's license suspended
    An Omro-area car dealership had its license suspended last month after state regulators said it improperly replaced odometer clusters on vehicles it sold.
    June 10, 2013 - FOX 11 Green Bay
Quotes

  • Craig MacTavish in Canada.com
    I've been thinking about it for a while to get him skating, to put a few more miles on the odometer,MacTavish said. "The other thing is getting him to play with like-minded players, get him playing with guys who can work to his strengths,...
  • Steve Squyres in New York Times
    It'sa long shot,said Steven W. Squyres, the principal investigator for Opportunity and its sister rover, Spirit, on the other side on Mars. "We've got 12 kilometers on the odometer and another 12 to go to get to this thing."
  • Jay Nixon in Kansas City Channel.com
    State law requires that a dealer or an individual selling a used car must reveal to a potential buyer the total number of miles registered on the odometer and any alteration done to the odometer,Nixon said in a news release.

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