The loser of each trial would receive a blast of unpleasant noise through headphones, and the winner would decide how loud and long the blast would be.

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Young and long-time collaborators such as steel guitarist Ben Keith blast out lots of noise in the manner of other underrated Neil Young albums, like 1974s On The Beach.

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But Lord Mayor Paul Smith says it will be a long time before the city can fully move on from the blast.

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One of the riflemen in my platoon, a big muscular farm boy from South Dakota, had seen, strewn on the Tarawa beachhead, a string of guts twelve feet long belonging to the marine who, only seconds before the mortar blast, had been his best buddy.

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While Tony Blair's government is currently feeling the full blast of farmers' anger, he may yet get their vote, as long as the Tories remain opposed to the single currency.

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The man, who has very long hair and carries a backpack, is seen walking around the terminal and then leaving shortly before the blast happened.

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