Less starkly, his success may simply represent the passing to a new generation of the literary flame albeit, in this instance, a blowtorch.
And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.
But overall the better material found new homes, with a new generation of collectors to carry the flame.
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Eliminating halogen compound and brominated flame retardant from the PCBA, the new Spinpoint F4 is produced with eco-friendly materials and meets all the environmental regulations including RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances).
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The past June, the Center for Security Policy awarded former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, father of the 600 ship Navy, with the Freedom Flame Award at the Union Club in New York City.
Who cannot feel for the poor wretch, down on his knees, begging forgiveness "in his tailcoat of Narvarino smoke and flame, in his velvet waistcoat and new trousers, with his satin necktie and carefully groomed hair from which emanated the fresh smell of eau de Cologne"?
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On Tuesday May 22, at an elegant New York City dinner, the Center bestowed the 2012 Freedom Flame Award to the Honorable Michael B.
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The ballroom for the "Keepers of the Flame" gathering was packed with the high priests of the new security establishment.
Thomas Heatherwick, who created the cauldron in which the Olympic flame burned for the duration of the London Games, helped design the new bus, commissioned by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
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Pinault owns 2, 000-plus pieces by upward of 80 artists, from Picasso and Mondrian to new talents, like the 33-year-old Swiss-born Urs Fischer, whose flame-color raindrops sculpture cascades over the Palazzo Grassi's central staircase.
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But the flame on that torch is now only flickering: Roddick is the only one of the new generation to have won a Grand Slam event, the U.S. Open in 2003.
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Instead of the old teaching model where you have the sage on the stage, the new model is about learning from one another to create a spark that can be fanned into a flame.
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This year in Washington's Union Station, the Center for Security Policy will honor the Congressman from the 3rd District of New York and chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Peter King, as its 2012 Keeper of the Flame.
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