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...It’s as if you were trying to extinguish a fire in your kitchen, when all of a sudden there was a fire in some other part of your house,” he said...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unix Failures Stop FAS E-mail | 8/16/2002 | See Source »

...fire only took BFD about five minutes to extinguish, he said...

Author: By Ronaldo Rauseo-ricupero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Substation Explodes | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...officer was dispatched to Currier House Main Drive after an individual riding the shuttle bus refused to extinguish a cigarette. When the officer arrived at the scene, the situation was resolved...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

...Restrictions on student choice have the tendency to extinguish our natural passions in curricular exploration,” Chopra said. “A flexible Core is a win for everyone: smaller classes for the instructor and more choice for the student...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers Delivers Tribute to Knowles | 2/13/2002 | See Source »

...repeatedly warned, the war on terrorism is not about bin Laden. His capture or death would certainly deal a harsh blow to al Qaeda and destroy his carefully-constructed image as America's nemesis. But depriving the movement of its poster-boy icon and chief spokesman won't necessarily extinguish the threat it represents. Bin Laden has never been the network's operational commander, and although he is known to his acolytes as "the sheikh" he has no clerical standing, either. His contribution may have come primarily as a rainmaker raising funds among wealthy Gulf Arabs in his role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Victories Raise Pressure on Al Qaeda to Strike | 12/13/2001 | See Source »

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