It has told countries that promised to hand dirty power plants all the permits they needed for years to come that they could not do so, because such pledges might undermine any chance of introducing a tougher regime after 2012.

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His works include the music for "Cool Hand Luke, " "Dirty Harry, " "Bullet, " and "Mannix, " and this little jam.

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All are attempts to bridge the gap between the academic classroom on the one hand and the more practical, hands-dirty approach of commercial management development.

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Located on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, "The Dirty O" has a reputation for decadent spuds: hand-cut and peeled Idaho potatoes, twice fried in peanut oil, and served golden and crunchy on a cafeteria tray.

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Troy, his shoe still in his hand, just hopped and grinned, trying not to get his white sock dirty.

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You cannot say it was a dirty trick by the Gore campaign at this point, although clearly a Democratic activist in Maine had a hand in it.

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