• Unionists formed the single group as they claimed the council had become a cold house for them and they were not getting their fair share of posts.

    BBC: Belfast City Council votes for rule change

  • Magnum Photos was brought to life in the aftermath of World War II by photographers Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David "Chim" Seymour, each of whom was well acquainted with covering a changing world, where borders and allegiances were shifting as players set themselves for what was to become the Cold War.

    BBC: Revolution through the lenses of Magnum photographers

  • Spring and summer temperatures have risen, and winters have become wetter and less cold.

    BBC: Snowdon getting 'warmer and wetter' says 15-year survey

  • We watched the drink become cloudy as the cold water reacted with the herbal oils -- a process known as "louching" -- then smelled the newly aromatic concoction again and finally, took a sip.

    BBC: Sydney brings absinthe down under

  • The neutrality favoured by some of the Union's countries during the cold war has become less defensible since.

    ECONOMIST: Europe��s elusive foreign minister

  • Discussing the legacy of the cold war has become a mini-industry in much of the United States and Eastern Europe.

    ECONOMIST: Britain and the cold war

  • But modern Egypt is overwhelmingly Muslim, and many Christians are worried that under an Islamist government, the country will become for them an increasingly cold house.

    BBC: Syria war fuels Christian flight from Middle East

  • "Things become very dormant with the cold weather, " he said.

    CNN: Predicting allergy season eludes experts

  • "Exposure to a simple childhood cold or illness can become life-threatening to these children, " said Zuch, who also teaches at the school.

    CNN: Giving a childhood to young cancer patients

  • He has suffered in many respects as he has been perceived as difficult and cold but he has become so much better in recent years.

    BBC: Eddie Jordan Q&A

  • As the wider implications of the dispute for both countries become more apparent and the winter cold sets in, viewers on both sides of the fence will be watching avidly.

    BBC: Media pump out gas coverage

  • In truth, the other thing pushing parents to send kids to preschool is the cold reality that kindergarten has become the new first grade, with parents pushing academic learning earlier with the fear that their kids will fall behind if they don't meet major milestones like reading well before what is considered normal.

    FORBES: The Most Expensive Preschools

  • By 1964, when I was negotiating puberty in the chill deeps of the Cold War, history itself had become the Atomic Disintegrator.

    NEWYORKER: Olds Rocket 88, 1950

  • In that cold, copper wire and plastic become brittle.

    WSJ: Chicago Blaze Shows the Misery and Peril of Fire-Fighting in Cold Climes

  • Although the federal government's support for basic research so far shows no sign of waning, academics wonder how durable that commitment will prove now that, post cold war, national security has become less of a reason to invest in science.

    ECONOMIST: The knowledge factory

  • Unstable means that if an imaginary balloon filled with air from near the ground were to be lifted upward, colliding with some weather feature such as a cold front, the "balloon" would become warmer than the surrounding air at that level.

    CNN: The making of a nightmare tornado

  • Ecosystems and environmental change: over the past decade it has become clear that most of the deep-water ecosystems (cold-water corals) are highly influenced by the presence of deep-water circulation.

    UNESCO: EARTH SCIENCES FOR SOCIETY

  • The park has been updated since the 19th Century - the wacky "Eskimo village" is gone, and the Conservatory of Flowers was retro-fitted to keep the carnivorous plants from catching cold - though if anything, the park has become even less tame.

    BBC: San Francisco's blissful Golden Gate Park

  • Off-limits to foreigners during the Cold War because of its military bases, it had become accessible again.

    FORBES: Catch and Release

  • "Cold weather puts an extra strain on the heart, " the CDC said, also noting that overexertion can become even more dangerous to those with heart conditions in the Arctic cold.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Doomsday scenarios have become a familiar sight in the movies since the beginning of the Cold War, and for the most part, "Stephen King's The Mist, " from a King novella, sticks closely to the archetype.

    CNN: Review: 'The Mist' is bold and frightening

  • The nodes are usually about the size of a pea and can become enlarged when they work overtime during common infections such as the common cold, strep throat, and infected skin wounds.

    CNN: Should I worry about my son's swollen lymph node?

  • The news is surprising, given the fact that he has recently appeared to become more involved with the troubled company after being left out in the cold by ex-CEO Gerald Levin .

    FORBES: Turner Shocks By Stepping Down

  • Originally designed to speed nuclear bombs into Cold War Russia, the B-1 was retooled to become a long-range bomber able to carry more conventional bombs, allowing it to hit more targets over a wider area.

    CNN: B-1 bomber burns after landing in Qatar

  • Within two years after the war ended, the Air Force was granted independence from the Army, and then went on to become first among equals in Pentagon councils during the early years of the Cold War.

    FORBES: Air Force Wants A Bomber That Balances Cost With Capability

  • Even though this is about romancing your customer, let me give you one personal example from my sordid past because it will lead us into an important business point, which will help you get the cold shoulder less often from the people you would like to become your customers.

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  • "Your muscles get cold and are instantly paralyzed by the hyperventilation, and you can become very weak, " says Dr. Thomas Traill, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

    CNN: Are polar bear plunges good for you?

  • If a subject is presented with a sentence like, "When she came in from the cold her cheeks were like roses, " many sections of the brain become involved, including those responsible for visual processing.

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