• Mr Mullin reserves his real passion and energy for fighting the government car-pool service, which is determined to punish him for refusing a chauffeur-driven vehicle, and the High Hedges Bill, a noble bid to control the spread of fast-growing leylandii.

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  • At least 425 firefighters were working to gain control of the fast-moving fire, which has destroyed one structure and is 30 percent contained, said Jody Hagemann, spokeswoman for the county fire department.

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  • At one Subway, options for fountain soda include 21, 30 and 40 ounces. (The calorie range for the 40-ounce size ranges from 310 to a whopping 620.) Sizes at most fast-food restaurants are out of control.

    WSJ: New York City Soda Restrictions: Ounces of Outrage

  • But the company's backdown also raises another possibility: that, battered by its rising unpopularity and nervous about hostile legislation, the managed-care industry is fast retreating from the task it was put into place to perform: to control health-care costs.

    ECONOMIST: HMOs

  • AZUSA, California (CNN) -- Firefighters began containing a fast-moving 1, 500-acre wildfire Wednesday that resulted in four injuries as it burned out of control in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.

    CNN: Firefighters make headway in California wildfire

  • The Olympus PEN E-PL5 and PEN E-PM2 deliver amazing image quality by packing superior image technology, blazing fast processing speed and total creative control in classic bodies that combine the portability and ease of use of a point-and-shoot without the complexity of a DSLR.

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  • "They moved very, very fast and caught it - or hopefully - and have got it under control now, " he said.

    BBC: Northumberland: A farmer's view

  • NeoTV PRIME comes with a two-sided remote control, featuring a touchpad and directional pad on one side and a full-featured QWERTY keyboard on the other, giving you fast and easy control of all your applications and helping you to effortlessly search across the web, apps and television listings.

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  • If the weather cooperates - and by that I mean no rain - and we can control the course and have it play firm, fast and be a fair test then we'll all be happy.

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  • He also looked at buying into Uunet, a fast-growing Internet backbone operator that would have brought rich returns, but the owners wanted to retain control.

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  • In Colorado, the Democrats somewhat surprisingly won control of the state Senate, earning them a say in redistricting in a very fast-growing state.

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  • Ms. Lewinsky was a co-conspirator in hiding this relationship from the federal court, and he was losing control over her fast.

    CNN

  • The Stylus XZ-10, which launched just this week, includes a small arsenal of features that you wouldn't normally find on a pocketable cam, including incredibly fast autofocus, a control ring around the lens, a dedicated mode dial and a very sharp (920k-dot) 3-inch LCD.

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