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As I breathe out, my eyes drop down the flame's other side.
Claudia Ricci: Making Writing a Sacred Act Claudia Ricci 2011
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Drawing as much on Wacky Races as the traditions of the Olympic Games, London 2012 organisers will on Monday unveil the Olympic flame's full 8,000-mile route through 1,018 cities, towns and villages.
Olympic flame to travel to London by trains, boats and planes 2011
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Mystery over Olympic flame's ascent of Mount Everest
Chinese tourists to embark on luxury shopping spree to celebrate lunar new year 2011
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As I breathe out, my eyes drop down the flame's other side.
Claudia Ricci: Making Writing a Sacred Act Claudia Ricci 2011
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But a little admixture, 1 percent if I recall, of ceria enables it to convert the flame's energy into the bright yellow-white light many of us have seen.
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I'm happy to see large groups of residents give their warm welcome to the flame's arrival including the elderly and the young.
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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As Mackey maneuvers through entrenched family rivalries and contradictory memories to get at the truth of his old flame's fate, he also tries to make peace with his quarrelsome kin some of whom may know more about these past matters than he himself knew.
Cityside Thrillers 2010
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I'm happy to see large groups of residents give their warm welcome to the flame's arrival including the elderly and the young.
What really happened in London during the Olympic torch relay Not a sheep 2008
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Rahim's children sometimes sit around a kerosene lamp to do their homework, their books laid flat in a circle around the flame's flickering light.
Afghanistan Electricity: After Years Of Rebuilding, Most Afghans Lack Power 2010
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And yet, when a devastating earthquake hit Sichuan [province] that May and the torch run continued, the official press initially ran stories about the natural catastrophe alongside upbeat ones about the Olympic flame's welcome in the PRC.
A Primer On China Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom 2010
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