Add a lot of young people with nothing to do, and a long, hot summer.

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Americans had better prepare for a long, hot summer.

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Iran faces a long, hot summer.

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"It could be a very long, hot summer with a lot of potential for fires if they get started and if we continue to have the hot dry weather, " said Hutchinson.

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In "Long Hot Summer Days, " a cover of a tune by the late John Hartford, Watkins is supported by bass, drums, electric guitar, Dobro and harmony vocals, but her fiddling mastery and perfectly pitched voice are the real stars.

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As the long, bright days of Moscow's hot summer drew to a close this year, my family and I moved out of our much-loved, late-19th-Century flat.

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They want to wire the block-long park with electricity so they could run a lawnmower, maybe bring out a band on a hot summer night, or install a few power outlets so residents could recharge an iPad while they hang out.

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