"We will be changing some prices in January, but we will then be freezing many key prices until 2014, " said John Petter, of BT.

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The spots will actually annoy us which is why we will take various steps to avoid them such as muting the audio or freezing the video and then fast forwarding through commercial breaks.

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It is made from apples that are pressed into juice and then placed outdoors in large vats in freezing temperatures.

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The process involves freezing a corpse with liquid nitrogen, then vibrating it to reduce the body to powder.

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Researchers at Keele University, in Staffordshire, England, had a group of hardy volunteers hold their hands in freezing cold water, first while swearing and then while emitting inoffensive phrases.

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Because it is the age of the eggs not the uterus that most affects the success of conception, egg freezing allows women to preserve younger eggs and then use them later through in vitro fertilization.

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True, he boasts about cutting wasteful spending and freezing his share of London council taxes, but then assures voters that billions saved at City Hall have been freed for spending on other services.

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It was freezing cold on the skin as I remember, and then the sudden contrast as the hot sensation of the needle pierced through.

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She had taken a solemn vow of chastity since then, like one of her made-up childhood rituals of lying in freezing cold water, but to someone with her natural generosity it was a heartless, bitter thing.

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Since then, the firm has been among the most active in the case, winning a court order Nov. 2 freezing Bennett's assets.

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