Specifically came the condition -- with a short-fuse deadline attached -- that Pakistan must be included in any peace talks.

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He could have warned them about how Marvell is a tough place to work, with its up-all-night work habits and short-fuse product development.

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Researchers will participate in a short-fuse, crucible-style environment to invent new approaches to the identification of people, places, things and activities from still or moving defense and open-source imagery.

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And despite her four-letter outbursts and short fuse, Kelly has got her soft side, and the power ballad is not the only evidence of that on the album.

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In Game Three of the Divisional Series between the Rangers-Rays, you could sense that Joe Maddon and his ball club were working on a short fuse when it came to the umpires.

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