In focus groups, hot-water production was a frequent refrigerator wish.

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These groups are a political hot potato.

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Numerous church groups and restaurants handed out hot meals.

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Multiple players will help determine the campaign's flow, including Congress, hot Senate candidates, "527" groups (like "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" and the "Media Fund") and, notably, each side's surrogates.

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Valuations in the mining sector may already hot, but they could get blistering if private equity groups get involved.

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That's why you've seen groups quietly backing initiatives on the state level and bypassing the hot lights and screaming media in Washington.

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No one can say with certainty how much influence it has on the main political groups, including the one loyal to Mr Sadr, on whom Iran's government seems to blow hot and cold.

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