The city's purchasing agency, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, sponsored the "vehicle and equipment show," an expanded version of an annual program that Keith T. Kerman oversaw when he ran the parks department's fleet.
A convoy of more than 15 vehicles is travelling with the torch, including two buses to carry the day's torchbearers, a media bus, police bus, a command car and various sponsors vehicles.
Hundreds of thousands of cyclists come to watch the Tour in the mountains, cycle up their pass of choice and fly down as press and sponsors' vehicles come up.
This was the first fatal accident at the Tour since a boy was hit by sponsors' vehicles in 2002, according to The A.P. The accident occurred one day after Garmin's Julian Dean and Rabobank's Óscar Freire were hit with pellets from what was thought to be an air rifle.
Some pubs are opening at 5.30am to catch the early birds, and by 10am those hugging the roads and hillsides will begin to be greeted by the extraordinary sight of the caravane publicitaire – 180 odd-shaped sponsors' vehicles that dispense gifts and unrelenting Euro-disco as they honk past.
" A captured warranty is typically a plan that is sponsored by the vehicle manufacturer or by a company that has a special pricing arraignment with the vehicle seller.
Among other things, he sponsored a NASCAR vehicle.
The salient point here is that the man who had the best-selling album of all time is now headlining a gig sponsored by Trident Vehicle Hire.
Two principal types appeared during World War II: the LVT ("landing vehicle, tracked"), a tractor developed for the U.S. Marine Corps, and the "duck" (DUKW), an army-sponsored vehicle.
In a news conference Friday morning, the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., said he would discuss the plan to create the government-sponsored vehicle with members of Congress this weekend and expected them to pass legislation next week.
Buyers are wealthy speculators, many of them pooling their money into investment vehicles sponsored by Wall Street firms.
