The state is warm, wet, and humid, all ideal conditions for the proliferation for fungi, diseases, and pests that attack tomatoes.

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Interest rats were low then and the appeal of Nevada's warm climate and lack of state income tax drew investors and home buyers in droves.

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Once the detectors start to warm from their ultra-frigid state, they will stop working.

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England set off for Australia next week, and will play their first warm-up game against the Victoria state side on 25 January.

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Internet start-ups are likely to continue winning a warm reception, helped by their looser links to the state and the continuing fever surrounding new-economy stocks.

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Unidentified Man: One of America's most popular emissaries gets a warm reception as he arrives in the troubled Congo on a State Department sponsored goodwill mission.

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The Springboks play the Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Tuesday 16 September, in the first warm-up game, and meet the Gauteng Falcons in Springs, near Johannesburg, on 23 September.

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But those are warm-up acts compared to Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman's announcement this month that he wants to eliminate the state income tax and replace it with a broader sales tax.

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