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...less vehement. "The real dissatisfaction of the cadres was made known to Li shortly after the editorial was presented," said a knowledgeable Communist Party member. "They feared that if the leaders suppressed the demonstration and blood was shed, it would be like a big fire that would burn not only in Beijing but nationwide...
...disturbances shocked many Jordanians, whose country has been remarkably stable for nearly two decades in spite of its precarious geographical location. Outwardly the protesters focused their anger on Prime Minister Zaid Rifai, chanting, "This man must resign, or we will burn the country...
...three cooks, master and apprentices, sit expressionless at a table perched atop the highest granite boulder, talking with macho casualness of the consecutive days and nights they spend tied to the maze of mantle heaters, two-way retorts, pumps, air-scavenging systems, condensers and plastic piping during a "burn." Says Bernard: "If you set it up right, nobody knows where you are; it's no big thing." Bernard is a virtuoso of camouflage by misdirection, of hiding the obvious in plain sight. Once, this kitchen crew recalls delightedly, they cooked a batch on the shore of Lake Elsinore, a popular...
...much of the rhetoric of activists of the late '60s was blatantly anti American. And although I staunchly support the right to burn the American flag as a matter of freedom of expression, I don't feel that it is a particularly effective tactic for a movement which is trying to convince the majority of voters to support their cause...
Hospitals generally dispose of their medical waste through incineration, either on the site, with another hospital or through a paid contractor. But legislators have said that some small hospitals fail to burn their waste properly, creating an environmental hazard when the medical refuse is dumped along with normal garbage...