Openshaw said Francis' whole lung would probably have expanded to fill the space left by the partial one, and that his rib cage would have shrunk slightly in size.

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Most of it is, of course, radiated back into space. (It is the partial blocking of this radiation by gases such as carbon dioxide that causes the much-talked-of greenhouse effect.) Some of it, however, goes in the opposite direction, into the ground.

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Traffic on roads leading into Trafalgar Square is targeted for restrictions because planners are preparing motorists for its partial pedestrianisation next summer, when it will cease to be a giant roundabout and become a fairly peaceful public space once more.

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