But what was then too hot to handle later became impossible to ignore.

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And in their second innings they found Sidebottom too hot to handle as he claimed his best figures for Notts in four years.

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When it lands, we'd advise you to get it while it's hot -- preferably, before Capitol Hill deems it too hot to handle.

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It was only half a century later, as the consequences of pushing the earth out into plebeian orbit dawned on the priests, that it became too hot to handle, or even touch.

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While discussions of cultural differences can spark debate, the Smithsonian's Eric Jentsch, a specialist in the NMAH's division of science, medicine and society, points to one object that's literally too hot to handle.

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It has, after all, done so before, in Rwanda and Darfur and Mr Obama appears to accept that it might have to do so again when, say, an alliance would be damaged, as in Bahrain, or the job is too hot to handle, as in Syria or Iran.

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With tech this cold, Linux is too hot not to handle.

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It is a form of third rail in national politics and too hot for anyone to handle.

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