Israel is taking a very hard line against Hamas, including heavy air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the weekend and the possibility of moving ground troops into Gaza.
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Pharmaceutical companies are heavy users of air freight, but said they had enough stocks to avoid any problems in the short term.
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Many of the barracks were destroyed by the retreating Nazis, but some still stand, thick with time-trodden dust and heavy with eerie air.
In particular, the question of how much Kofi Annan, the body's secretary-general, knew about his son's involvement in a company that won a UN contract, hangs heavy in the air.
"Hot and muggy weather and continuous heavy use of air conditioning remain the single largest factor affecting peak electricity demand in the summer, " Edward Schwerdt, president of the power coordinating council, told reporters on a conference call.
Currently, the United States has an unmatched ability rapidly to move heavy military equipment by air around the world.
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Despite the passage of 60 years since its inception, the B-52 remains the most common heavy bomber in the Air Force fleet.
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In the cafe you can instantly pick out the "neftyaniki", the oil workers, with their weather beaten faces, heavy clothes and the air of "don't mess with me" about them.
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The warm, moisture-laden air brings heavy rainfall and flash flooding to Peru's northern coast, killing villagers and causing havoc to the fragile soils of the desert and of the arid Andean foothills.
The pair's primitive, mutated fusion of pop, rock, and dance sounds practically pushes listeners' fists into the air with its heavy beats and unforgettable hooks.
Mr Karzai is expected to provide a request for future requirements for the Afghan military such as heavy weaponry, an improved air force and medical support.
The Houthis, as the rebels are known after the name of a leading clan in the remote and spectacularly rugged region, have survived the repeated assaults not just of Yemen's own modern army but also, in the latest campaign, heavy bombardment by the Saudi air force's Tornadoes and F-15 fighter aircraft.
Wang Wanping, 21, a scrawny biscuit of a girl, plucks her heavy electric guitar in a moldy air-raid shelter, trying to find the right touch by repeatedly playing Joy Division songs.
Summer or winter, firefighters walk into dark passageways in burning buildings, burdened by heavy fireproof coats and pants, air bottles strapped to backs, faces masked and vision tunneled, each in a private world.
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However, he said there was no indication that the rebels were armed with heavy weapons or surface-to-air missiles.
The air force has also conducted heavy bombing during the offensive, they said.
Air inside the Pentagon was heavy with the scent of an electrical fire.
Hot summer driving with air conditioners on takes a heavy toll on battery range too, particularly during periods stalled in traffic jams.
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The Cold War was over, but in two successive military campaigns during the 1990s, air power had done the heavy lifting required to defeat aggressive dictators.
With heavy gear on their backs, and air support overhead, they made their way single file down a rocky ridge crest, along terrain so steep that sliding was sometimes easier than walking.
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It was a pagan desire, she thought, and it was a pagan place: a dark garden of yews and straggling roses and, at its center, the stone church, with its altar and its font and, above it all, the bells, suspended in the chill air of the belfry, heavy and still, waiting to be brought to life.
Mitsubishi Heavy, which makes things like ships and air conditioners, has run in the red lately.
National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett said the heavy "thundersnow" resulted from an unstable air mass, much like a thunderstorm.
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You have to understand, after spending 12-15 hours at ground zero, the air in this area is very heavy, it's almost suffocating.
They accuse the agency's officials of deliberately delaying plans to clean up the air, in part because of heavy lobbying by oil-industry executives.
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