Slowly that's changing, but rather like a torch beam picking out features in a darkened cave.

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An object like a torch could easily excite a child's curiosity.

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At one point, he tried to call the Poxley volunteer fire department, but the creosote pole that supported the telephone wire had already gone up like a torch, taking his service away.

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Its "rainbow run", like the Olympics' torch relay, carries a rainbow flag through many of the games' participating cities.

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That torch has passed to younger companies like Google, Facebook, Dropbox, and a revitalized Apple.

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