The same pole was soon cartwheeling out of the ground again as McCullum, promoted up to number three despite his back concerns, also tried to turn one to leg.

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In the NET poll, taken while Tsipras was making his doomed attempt to form an anti-austerity government of the left, Syriza scored 27% - compared to its election showing of 17% - clearly demonstrating that it had created momentum as the pole of attraction for left voters wanting a showdown with the EU. Pasok was losing ground to both Syriza and the Dem Left.

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Some of the other firefighting equipment founded in Chicago is less high-tech: the snorkel truck, the fire plug or hydrant, the collapsible fire escape and the fire pole, which was invented by a Chicago fire captain in 1874 so firefighters could slide quickly to the ground floor.

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