Like Cortez burning his ships, they have no line of retreat.

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"The Bronx is building, " he added, a riff on Howard Cosell's famous line, "the Bronx is burning, " uttered during a 1977 World Series game at Yankee Stadium to describe a fire nearby.

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These are folks who are rushing into burning buildings to save our families, putting their lives on the line.

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The Lexus' whirligig is familiar from the Toyota Camry and Avalon hybrids: a lean-burning Atkinson-cycle, 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder (156 hp) coupled with two electric motors, one a 141-hp traction motor, the other a starter-generator.

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