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Being a doctor, lawyer, solider, fire-fighter and even a politician are not part time jobs.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 2 2009
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Watch out for the first aquaphobic fire-fighter coming your way, “Just because I have rabies and suffer a suicidal fear of water doesn ` t mean I ` m not allowed to shin up a fifty foot ladder and spray it around”.
Names Will Never Hurt You « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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In the meantime the doubts over whether or not fiscal reform is possible will keep the crisis running at full tilt and force the ECB to maintain its position as chief fire-fighter.
Eurozone crisis: Fitch threatens to cut America's AAA rating - 21 December 2011 2011
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(I think professional fire-fighters typically work 24-hour shifts and then get two days off, so a superhero/fire-fighter would still be able to disappear for two days at a time without anybody noticing).
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 2 2009
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“Watch out for the first aquaphobic fire-fighter coming your way”
Names Will Never Hurt You « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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“Being a doctor, lawyer, solider, fire-fighter and even a politician are not part time jobs.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 2 2009
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Reuters A fire-fighter and Interior Ministry officers work near the entrance of the Lubyanka metro station.
Bombings Signal a Growing Russian Militancy Marc Champion 2010
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Reuters A fire-fighter and Interior Ministry officers work near the entrance of the Lubyanka metro station.
Jittery Muscovites Recall '04 Attack William Mauldin 2010
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Reuters A fire-fighter and Interior Ministry officers work near the entrance of the Lubyanka metro station.
Jittery Muscovites Recall '04 Attack William Mauldin 2010
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Reuters A fire-fighter and Interior Ministry officers work near the entrance of the Lubyanka metro station.
Bombings Expose Weakness in Kremlin's Chechnya Push Marc Champion 2010
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