In the end, he came up with a fudge.

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So the fudge machine is being fired up.

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Thomas, guys from Vanilla Fudge, and Three Dog Night got up on stage to jam with the house band.

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But Mr Johnson, who opposes the expansion of Heathrow, has called the decision to set up a commission a "fudge".

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London Mayor Boris Johnson, who opposes the expansion of Heathrow, has called the decision to set up a commission a "fudge".

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Hagfish slime has many similar qualities to spider silk, but has one big advantage, says Fudge - the proteins that make it up are far smaller, and so easier - in theory - to replicate.

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Attempts to speed up the abolition of tariffs on some goods produced a relatively harmless fudge.

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There was a certain amount of ' fudge' about the negotiations, however, and while the US did sign up, the decision has still to be ratified by the US Congress.

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