This sort of election-eve scandal is like a volcano on the brink of eruption.

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He would erupt like a volcano if he felt the editorial department was becoming complacent or falling into a dull routine.

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More than once, in my early years here, I saw Michaels erupt like a volcano when he thought the staff was getting complacent or had fallen into a dull routine.

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As Michel tries to cope with loss and grief, memories erupt like a volcano, such as his father pushing him over as the gunmen open fire and then slowly expiring on top of him.

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With 567 named projects identified worldwide, the geothermal industry is looking more and more like a dormant volcano beginning to stir.

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Representative TOM DAVIS (Republican, Virginia): Punishing individual corporate executives with public floggings like this may be a politically satisfying ritual, like an island tribe sacrificing a virgin to a grumbling volcano.

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Institute Director Renato Solidum said the explosion early Tuesday was "steam-driven" and is considered "normal" activity for a volatile volcano like Mount Mayon.

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This was probably for the best, since dinner the night before consisted of foie gras and a dessert called a chocolate volcano, which left Conor (my heir) looking like a painting by Jackson Pollock.

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Silicon Valley is always evolving, like an active volcano that erupts every few years with creative destruction that brings forth a new formulation of ideas, technologies, and commercialization.

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