He was in command of the Allied military organization that pulled off Operation Torch (the invasion of North Africa), Operation Husky (Sicily), and Operation Overlord (Normandy).

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The retired rower then passed it to the young athletes, who lit part of the outer rim of the torch, setting off a domino effect as fire spread to 205 small metal "petals, " symbolizing the nations taking part.

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The torch relay will set off from Nottingham Castle the following morning.

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Stephen Menary also had his left hand blown off by a bomb packed inside a torch at the TA centre in White City.

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To win the leadership, Ms Davidson, who said too many see her party as "a brake on the aspirations of Scotland and not a torch-bearer", saw off a challenge from the party's then deputy leader, Murdo Fraser.

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They pluck them very carefully out and they set them down on safe ground, and they actually have to torch them into smaller pieces to get them off the scene.

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While the driving lights are the first use of a laser beam reflected off a mirror, the daytime running lamps, with their characteristic "torch" effect, and the indicator lights use LEDs.

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Along the way, they held off the more zealous members of their parties--the ones who wanted to torch the negotiations and break open the gun closets.

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Williams roams Connecticut's woods armed with a propane torch to incinerate clumps of Japanese barberry, an invasive plant species that chokes off native vegetation and provides a favorite habitat for ticks.

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