The burn-off is part of the effort to prevent the spread of oil from an underwater well that was broken open when the drill rig Deepwater Horizon blew up and sank last week.

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Volunteers can stay for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of eight, and will need the hard work to burn off the big, fire-side dinners, including game stroganoff and local stews served with millpap, a mashed potato-like maize.

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ABC's hour-long drama is back to burn off the remaining six episodes, we'll give it another chance tonight.

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Burn it off by pounding the cobblestoned streets of Vieux-Lille (the old town), perhaps with a sinful stop-off at macaroon-maker Patrick Hermand on rue Basse.

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Those worries assume that all of the rocket's nine first-stage engines, as well as its second stage, will burn and shut off on cue.

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This drastic reduction in calories can cause you to burn valuable, metabolism-boosting muscle, which can make it harder to keep the weight off.

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Another person phoned to say that England had gone off to burn his truck, which was similar to the vehicle seen by several people -- including one of the survivors -- in and around the area where the shootings took place.

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