The Spanish made a point of burning it in 1625, after a ten-month siege led by the brilliant Genoese aristocrat Ambrogio Spinola.
But after burning through hundreds of millions of dollars in capital--costs include more than 600 employees and a California factory to crank out its specialized chips--Infinera is finally seeing rapid sales gains, even as it continues to record losses.
And sovereign-wealth funds are looking sceptically at calls for cash after burning their fingers while rescuing banks.
Its sales were also hurt after General Motors and Volkswagen rolled out traditional gas burning, yet price-competitive entry-level models.
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After testing their wreath-making skills, participants are challenged to insert a burning candle in the middle of this natural tiara.
With comedy that ranged from the laugh-out-loud-obvious to the slow-burning subtlety that you only 'got' the morning after, this is decidedly good and appropriate theatre to watch in snowy Suffolk!
Villa clearly felt referee Phil Dowd should have sent Vidic off after he hauled down Agbonlahor as he closed in on goal - and their burning sense of injustice was fuelled even further when United quickly restored equality.
All Nippon Airways Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan after on-board alarms indicated smoke in an electrical compartment and passengers reported a burning smell in the cabin.
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But on January 16 another Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing after on-board alarms indicated smoke in an electrical compartment, and passengers reported a burning smell in the cabin.
But on January 16 another Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan after on-board alarms indicated smoke in an electrical compartment, and passengers reported a burning smell in the cabin.
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And a few years before that, an 80-tonne space rock called 2008 TC3 ploughed into the Earth's atmosphere, largely burning up and scattering fragments over the Sudan - just 20 hours after it was discovered.
Continuing to chew after the warm-up period seems to have required too much jaw-work, and burning more energy negated the benefits.
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