The bottom floor had been turned into a make-shift hospital, with the in-house hotel doctor treating the effects of gas.

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Despite being forced to play most of the match with a make-shift backline, Ferguson had little sympathy for his players.

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Meanwhile in Grozny, where separatist rebels continue to battle against Russian forces, a pensioner put together a make-shift service in what remains of a church, reading from a Psalter with the help of a torch.

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This shift, coupled with seasonal variation, might make for a confusing winter for users of weather.com, with more surprise raindrops or snowfalls than usual.

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London, together with the rest of the world, must make a decisive shift to an economy in which energy is conserved, not wasted.

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