When I made my first film, "In the Heat of the Sun, " I was also 30.

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But I have to say the fact that "In the Heat of Sun" was not released in the U.S. market was a loss for the American audience, because I went to the San Francisco Film Festival with this film.

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As I declined his offer, I observed his tattered disposition in the heat of the Lagos sun as he moved to the next patron.

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It was the hottest day of the year in the city, the sun pounding from above, the concrete radiating heat from below.

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In the Olympic stadium, you sat on a grassy bank under the searing heat of the midsummer sun.

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Once the sun and planets took shape, heat became readily available in the form of solar radiation, asteroid impacts, and gravitational pressure.

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One of these changes, which would promote global warming, is a rise in the level of so-called greenhouse gases (particularly carbon dioxide) which trap heat from the sun and thus warm the air.

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Competition between the two is expected to heat up now that Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems has put it in the computer hardware business.

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The sun also provides much of the heat for Gary Konkol's house in chilly Hudson, Wis.

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Officials in Sydney have warned people to be ready for the heat, take care, avoid strenuous activity and stay out of the sun.

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After a late-afternoon swim in Lake Maracaibo to cool off from the sweltering heat, we got our first glimpse of towering clouds amid the glow of the setting sun.

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