The first time he fired up his double hot plate, the fuse-box door was open and he witnessed a cerulean flash and a rattail of smoke, the first of four fuses it took to fry one egg.

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There are said to be more than 156 kilometers of double track checker plate steel creating drivable roads in the sand and more than 4, 000 hollow steel floating pontoons supporting 18 temporary bridges spanning the Ganga and Yamuna.

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He had a single and double in three trips to the plate against the Mets.

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It is wedged in the identity plate of a baggage container, bent double by the force of the blast.

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However, home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt called the pitch a ball and Berkman went on to hit a double that would score Jorge Posada from first base and give the Yankees a 3-2 lead at a pivotal point in the game.

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He got three called strikeouts from plate umpire Lance Barksdale, who appeared to have a generous strike zone, and was backed by two double plays.

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