That the communication that ensued was as fast and furious as the topic, itself, was also no surprise.
He was nominated for two Grammy awards in 2002 and has appeared in such films as The Fast and the Furious and Scary Movie 3.
On several occasions, Republican lawmakers sparred with Mr. Holder, who frequently came under fire during the Obama administration's first term on issues such as the Fast and Furious gun-trafficking probe.
Meanwhile the company was burning cash at a furious rate as the costs of marketing in so many countries piled up.
The Cape Verdian referee had to be sheilded by security in the middle of the pitch as furious Masry players confronted officials.
The star of hit movies such as XXX and the Fast and the Furious then headed out to the city's Princes Street Garden's to join an 8, 000-strong crowd at a special outdoor event staged for those who could not get tickets to the main ceremony.
At the entrance to the Louvre, the staff would wave me in as they squabbled in furious French with the illegal ticket-sellers just outside the doors.
Michael Hills held Steenberg up as Etlaala and Beckermet set a furious pace considering the good to soft ground but as the leaders began to fade, Hills unleashed his mount with his run.
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He had chosen to cast himself as the victim, the wronged, the deceived, the rightly furious.
Speaking in Ireland, he questioned the idea that the EU as a whole was furious with Irish voters for voting No last year.
The visitors were furious as Andrew Johnson's late strike was ruled out by a belated offside flag after James Vaughan robbed keeper Brad Friedel.
As for Fast and Furious, the strange idea behind it for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was to encourage gun shops near the border to sell guns to shady characters.
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Well, someone at ITV is apparently not pleased to hear that iTV is one of the next Apple products, with a report in The Mirror this morning citing unnamed sources which described its executives as "furious, " and hints that litigation is not out of the realm of possibility.
Nine dogs were about him, sleeping, and burst into a furious chorus of barking as the unfamiliar visitor came in.
"The Department's understanding of the facts underlying Fast and Furious became more developed, particularly as evidence came to light that was inconsistent with the initial denials provided to Department personnel, " Holder wrote Thursday.
At the height of the civil-rights movement, many readers were furious at the idea of a white Southerner writing as a black slave rebel.
Yet the real fear is that today's furious price-cutting is not so much real liberalisation as the start of a stitch-up.
It seems, perhaps, a mite exaggerated: furious fights over the census are as old as the census itself.
And I think, again, in answer to Ed's question about why is he doing it just now: Because we have been working so hard to cooperate and reach agreement with congressional investigators as they pursued their legitimate oversight into the Fast and Furious operation.
The two middleweights spent the majority of the bout trading blows, although the furious pace they set began to take its toll on the fighters in the fifth round as Stevens and Findley engaged in clinches following exchanges.
The furor over Fast and Furious started out as a policy dispute, with Congress trying to find out who ordered what and why.
As might be expected, the response from Shias has been furious.
The train-operating companies are understandably furious as their targets of increasing passenger numbers by 50% and freight by 80% by 2010 are looking ever more distant.
The fighting sparked a furious reaction in Afghanistan on Thursday, with thousands of Afghans chanting slogans against Pakistan as they carried the body of the killed border policeman, Mohammed Qassim Khan, through the streets of Nangarhar's capital city of Jalalabad.
Military officers, and reportedly King Gyanendra, were furious at what was seen as a slight on the soldiers.
Mr Berlusconi was said to be furious that prosecutors had not dropped the case as a result of the vote.
Or, it could be seen as a furious corrective slide marking a more sober view of the over-performing precious metals market.
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"You get stung by a bee and then find yourself in the newspaper as if you had been doping, " said a furious Cannavaro.
But speaking after Saturday's game, furious Bolton boss Gary Megson described the penalty decision as "nonsense" and said he was not interested in an apology.
They were particularly furious that the gradual introduction of pay-beds had, as they claimed, led to consultants using their services for fee-paying patients.
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