He called for a mass lobby of fire officers at Stormont next month when the medal is to be presented to the Fire Service.

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Blogger Dan Nosowitz, tongue planted in cheek, declared the Mini's trade-paperback size will make it a more highbrow option for e-book lovers than the smaller Kindle Fire, which more resembles a mass-market paperback.

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The fire of competitiveness doesn't dwindle after age 25 along with brain mass and steroid levels, it appears.

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This will set fire to an extra 100 calories per week, and the extra muscle mass will help you burn even more.

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The fire illustrates the difficulties rescuers have faced in getting people out of the tangled mass of steel and concrete.

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And as a manufacturer for the mass market (niches are different: I could in fact see a small market for pink fire engines among a certain set of parents) the way to increase profits is to acknowledge and develop for these very differences.

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From a virus's perspective, there will be a single mass of humans, tightly connected by air travel, with plenty of susceptible people to fuel the fire of new plagues, whether natural, accidental or deliberate.

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The United States and Britain accused Baghdad of violating that cease-fire and invaded Iraq in March with the stated aim of stripping the country of banned weapons of mass destruction.

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