Chavez, though cancer-stricken in recent years, had led the oil-rich Latin American nation for years by espousing a fiery brand of socialism.

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Twelve years later, the fiery former city councilor rode a conservative backlash to City Hall, after initiatives like downtown bike lanes were seen by suburbanites as wasteful, elitist intrusions.

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Chavez, though cancer-stricken in recent years, had led the oil-rich Latin American nation for nearly 14 years while espousing a fiery brand of socialism and bickering with a succession of U.S. governments over what he called Washington's hegemony in the region.

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"He's 19 years of age and a fiery character, " said the Old Trafford chief.

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The planet would then meet an icy, rather than a fiery end, since after a million years or so the oceans would freeze solid.

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Ranking with John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins as one of the all-time great tenor sax players, jazz legend Sonny Rollins has been recording fiery, passionate and intelligent music for nearly 60 years.

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England are always assured of a fiery reception when they face Wales in Cardiff with 130 years of history between the two nations, both on and off the field.

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Visits to his Web site, fiery-foods.com, have doubled in the past five years to 2.5 million annually, he says.

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