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Wood told Karzai that the chemicals that would be used to eradicate the poppy fields were so safe that he was willing to go to Massoud Circle, a major traffic intersection in Kabul, and jump into a fifty-five-gallon drum of the chemicals in his Speedos to prove just how safe they were.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Wood told Karzai that the chemicals that would be used to eradicate the poppy fields were so safe that he was willing to go to Massoud Circle, a major traffic intersection in Kabul, and jump into a fifty-five-gallon drum of the chemicals in his Speedos to prove just how safe they were.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Wood told Karzai that the chemicals that would be used to eradicate the poppy fields were so safe that he was willing to go to Massoud Circle, a major traffic intersection in Kabul, and jump into a fifty-five-gallon drum of the chemicals in his Speedos to prove just how safe they were.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Wood told Karzai that the chemicals that would be used to eradicate the poppy fields were so safe that he was willing to go to Massoud Circle, a major traffic intersection in Kabul, and jump into a fifty-five-gallon drum of the chemicals in his Speedos to prove just how safe they were.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Efficient and relatively clean Dumpsters, roll-off containers, and off-site options were replacing overflowing, fifty-five-gallon drums and back rooms filled with cardboard boxes of putrid garbage awaiting pickup.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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The pipe was about the diameter of a fifty-five-gallon steel drum.
Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile J.L. Bourne 2010
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His plane had lost an engine and was losing altitude when he decided to jettison his load: fifty-five-gallon drums of creosote for airstrip construction.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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