Placing a cup of water on each side, he dunked the bun with his left hand and crammed it in his mouth, while with his right hand he dunked the hot-dog and brought it midway up his chest.

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Mr. Miller says he thinks the primary cause of his hot hand turning cool was simply "bad decision-making, " and that luck played a role in his fund being ranked so highly last year.

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Then, with both hands, he broke the hot-dog in half and, with one section in each hand, used the sausage as a plunger to force down the bun as he chewed.

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Risk--in this case for workers' compensation liability--got passed from hand to hand in a game of hot potato.

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The howls and hand-wringing over global capitalism and its trapdoors of "hot money, " hedge fund hocus-pocus and derivative meltdowns have won headlines for shouters like George Soros.

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Guests can look forward to a Camelback Signature Facial complete with a hot stone hand and foot massage, or explore the Camelback Golf Club, featuring two-championship 18-hole courses and a 36, 000-square-foot pueblo-style clubhouse.

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Meanwhile, veggie evangelists at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have turned heads with ever-more-racy campaigns, including sending models clad only in strategically placed leaves of lettuce to hand out tofu hot dogs on street corners nationwide.

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