Twenty years ago, a large technology firm was setting the world on fire.
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And that may be a good thing: you do not want an American foreign policy that sets the world on fire.
It is possible, as many Apple advocates insist, that they have a secret plan and will once again set the world on fire.
This allows Google to conjure, develop, and launch new ideas that either set the world on fire, or disappear in puffs of smoke.
But other than that, it's hard to point to anything that will set the world on fire in the new phone, revealed Thursday at an event in New York.
While a chunky frame, cellular data in only some models and a misplaced emphasis on tablet-like software kept the Streak from setting the world on fire, it would prove to be prophetic.
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Or if you didn't have an opportunity to speak, but you've got this burning idea that is really going to set the world on fire, I want to make sure that you've got the opportunity to -- (laughter) -- that you've got the opportunity to lay it out right now.
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There were times in 1968 it seemed the whole world was on fire.
Meanwhile, in the game world, Columbia floats above it, blending old-time religion and futuristic technology, preparing to rain fire on the fallen world.
There is bound to be pressures on the supply side with the world police and fire games coming.
As Northern Ireland prepares for an extra 25, 000 visitors coming to next August's World Police and Fire games, the pressure is on to find them a bed.
Does it make sense to ban the old light bulb in a world where we are encouraged to store Terrabytes of pointless photographs forever on fire-hot Web-servers forever spinning in a Google server farm?
She called for an end to the protest and said the damage must be countered by continuing to build on events such as the UK City of Culture, the World Fire Games and the G8 summit.
In fact, lots of us were on fire yesterday for the global event, Stoos Connect, aka World Stoos Day.
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But weatherizing homes and building roads on the government dime can only do so much to fire up the world's largest economy.
Pearman is calling for anyone who plays online shooters to take part in a cease fire on Friday, December 21st by not killing anyone in a virtual world as a sign of respect for the victims of the shooting.
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The new Kindle Fire family features world-class Microsoft Exchange integration, with fine-tuned performance on many of the most critical e-mail functions.
At the United Nations in New York on Monday, Russia refused to sign off on a resolution calling for a cease-fire with Georgia despite mounting pressure from world powers.
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In fact, lots of us were on fire on January 25, 2013 for the global event, Stoos Connect, aka World Stoos Day.
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It lives on in the Cross of Steel made from the World Trade Center beams, placed on a Pentagon-shaped platform that rests proudly outside the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department. (Applause.) That Cross of Steel is an enduring symbol of the steel and the spine of this region, and the spine of this country.
World powers have urged Russia to agree to an immediate cease-fire with Georgia and accept international mediation on the crisis in South Ossetia.
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The deadly fire is sure to shine a spotlight on safety in Brazil, which is set to host the World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016.
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Mitchell is probably best known on the world stage for the Good Friday agreement he negotiated between Roman Catholics and Protestants that created a cease-fire in Northern Ireland in 1998.
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