As the Labour Party has been quick to point out, this discrepancy shows that the fiery Tory talk on asylum-seekers was hot air.

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At first blush, the hot uranium market appears to be all fired up by talk of a commercial nuclear renaissance.

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Newly-inaugurated Republican Governor Pat McCrory is already on the hot seat after making some controversial statements on a radio talk show regarding funding for higher education in North Carolina.

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Talk about three guys who totally deserve to be in the hot seat.

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After our 3.30 a.m. finish, the ensuing daylight hours started with a couple of eye drops but pretty soon, the intrepid Talk Asia team was dashing off to our next interview with Bollywood hot shot director and chat show host, Karan Johar.

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Business owners often talk of selling out to retire, move away, capitalize on a hot market or simply do something else.

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In fact, that seems virtually certain now that talk radio, the blogosphere and the public have become aware of -- and white hot about -- this transaction.

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Small talk at the start of a meeting may centre around the weather (Toronto has excessively cold winters and hot and humid summers).

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