combustions

There is a touch of the supernatural in events such as the spontaneous combustions of the Otis boys and the slave Teacher, the cow with the endless supply of milk, the transformative experiences of Stamford with the crows and the lightning, and the details of cadavers "talking" to Wilson and

An Interview with Edward Jones 2010

The BP oil spill, Apple's Antennagate, the fall of Goldman Sachs, Toyota's Great Recall, the sexual travails of Tiger Woods, the trysts of Al Gore, the loose lips of Gen. Stanley McChrystal -- all these combustions would have been fixed, in the good old days of 2007, with a call to Burston-Marsteller or Sitrick and Co.

How crisis PR hasn't kept up with the turbulent times 2010

It's got three spontaneous human combustions in it, but it isn't horror and it isn't SF, it's a novel about community and life in a very real town.

INTERVIEW: Kit Reed 2008

The authors then subjected the iron-rich microspherical residue of the red-gray chips to X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (XEDS) to compare it with the profile of microspherical residue from known thermite combustions and found them to be virtually identical.

Pardon Our Dust, or, Why the World Trade Center Dust Matters 2009

This believe-it-or-not item earns a place on the heroic roster of spontaneous literary combustions — Stendhal writing “The Charterhouse of Parma” in 52 days, for example.

On the Road: The Original Scroll Reviewed Bill Crider 2007

This believe-it-or-not item earns a place on the heroic roster of spontaneous literary combustions — Stendhal writing “The Charterhouse of Parma” in 52 days, for example.

Archive 2007-08-12 Bill Crider 2007

Her combustions were decidedly external, though: elbows were thrown, as were near-fits.

OMFG! Henri Bendel Bash Attended by Gossip Girl Cast���and Gossip Girl Herself? 2008

When Monique starts the car she always sees herself as in some way 'causing' the rolling, much like moving a paddle boat at the River Club, but of course she might just as well be in front of her (never turned off) television, playing no role WHATSOEVER as she does in the production of rolling, since she's the recipient, merely, of an elaborate chain of effects originating in controlled combustions under the hood.

the caR 2007

The seventh is a destroyer, captain of the furies, causing wars, tumults, combustions, uproars, mentioned in the Apocalypse; and called Abaddon.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

It was difficult for us, of course, to discern just how many canisters we're talking about, but that explains all the -- you know, the spontaneous combustions we were seeing.

CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2007 2007