• Then the film crew revved up its generators and turned on their huge fans to blow fake potato-flake snow down the main street for the sake of consistency.

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  • So they went into these really risky forms of insurance, and now as those sub-prime mortgage bonds have been down-graded and started to blow up, the bond insurers are starting to blow up, too, and the real significance is: What does it mean not just for municipalities all over the country but for the entire market?

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  • Back on July 27th, I wrote about how surprised I was to find shares of Power-One (PWER), a provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions such as photovoltaic inverters used in solar power applications, trade down after reporting blow-out second quarter results.

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  • African-American candidates also won down-ballot races with majority white support, casting a blow to the notion that New Orleans politics and culture are mired in racial tension.

    CNN: New Orleans is storming back

  • Cliftonville's title challenge suffered a blow on Saturday as they went down to a 3-1 defeat at Coleraine.

    BBC: Glentoran defeat Crusaders in title clash

  • Those who could read shared the glorious details with their illiterate fellows, and up and down the state, Latinos savored the blow-by-blow reporting from the front lines of the conflict that had so riveted their attention.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Mr. RANSTORP: Well, there are different assessments, but I think that if intelligence sources are claiming that there were at least 20 different networks across Europe, some are connected to the Zarqawi network, some are connected--and there's a great concern within Europe that the Iraqi conflict may have a blow-back effect, that individuals from Europe may travel down there, get the requisite expertise and then come back and may launch attacks.

    NPR: A Look at Al Qaeda's Strength, Structure

  • New techniques have been developed to "sidetrack" a well when the pipe gets stuck or to control the pressures and temperatures found five miles down into the earth's crust with blow-out preventers and special purpose high-tech drilling rigs.

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  • No one thinks raising taxes on the middle class is a good idea--it would be a big blow to working families, and it would drag down our entire economy.

    WHITEHOUSE: By the Numbers: 98 Percent

  • Any precipitate action by Gujral could cause Yadav and his supporters to break away -- which would deal a severe blow to the government, if not bring it down completely.

    CNN: On the Edge Again

  • Those firms are working hard to strip down their cost bases by shedding employees and minimising the risk of trading blow-ups over the next year.

    ECONOMIST: Hedge funds in trouble

  • Incorrectly-soldered transistors on control boards could heat up and the power supply fuse could blow, shutting down the hybrid system causing the vehicle to coast to a stop, Toyota says.

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  • There's one you read about the song, "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow and this is - "The Breaks" in his version, your woman leaves, the IRS is knocking down your door, you've already lost your job, your phone bill has hit the roof, and the mob is after you.

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