In later years, when he and his colleagues had pushed climate change, and in particular greenhouse warming, on to the agenda, people keen to ensure a lack of action made much of his about-face over cooling, preferring to accuse him of modish inconsistency than to see him as someone who had worked to improve his models, and as a result had changed his mind.

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Whether it succeeds in cooling an over-heating market remains to be seen.

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"We now have to face the hard facts that the attempt to carry through a quick cooling-down over seven days has failed, " said Larsen.

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The glaze is applied to a fired stoneware vessel, which is then fired again in a repeated cycle of six stages of heating and cooling where precise temperatures matter a great deal: either over- or under-firing will spoil the effect.

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The forecast in that state, like in many others through the Midwest, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region, calls for slightly cooling Monday, compared to over the weekend.

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Mr Bush is not alone in feeling relieved that the dispute is over, for now (the lockout could resume if no new contract agreement is signed during the cooling-off period).

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