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McCarthy added that "a bag doesn't spontaneously combust" and that the students involved in the incident "did something really dangerous...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Administrative Board Requires Four to Withdraw | 2/21/1997 | See Source »

...doesn't spontaneously combust," McCarthy said, adding that the students "did something really dangerous...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Smoldering Bag Cause of Thayer Evacuation | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...feels about marshmallow:I think it's wonderful stuff, especially fluff. That's even better because it's spreadable without going through that over the fire stage, when you have to melt them down. They usually just combust over the fire, and somebody's figured that out. I'd like to shake his hand, whoever that is. Now , you can just pit fluff on anything...

Author: By Michelle C. Sullivan, | Title: profile No More Homework Talk | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...another of its many afflictions, this one nearly biblical in scope. Within two days, 100 fires raged through the state, 13 of them major. Flames shot 70 ft. in the air and made 50-ft. leaps across canyons and roads. Palm trees exploded; $1 million homes seemed to combust spontaneously. At the beach, black smoke hung over the surf, and in downtown Los Angeles a steady "snow" of flake-size ash fell. Elsewhere the embers glowed red and started new blazes. In many areas, day became night as soot obscured the sun, while a permanent "sunset," the orange glow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Like the Wind | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...heave-it reflex. Those whose sensibilities were tousled by Wolfe's rough treatment of New York City will be put off by Amis' pitch-black satire about the other sagging capital of the English-speaking world. But those who found Bonfire's incendiary social commentary amusingly accurate should spontaneously combust over Amis' latest export...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Caution: Black Hole Ahead LONDON FIELDS by Martin Amis | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

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