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  • Eventually the king and his brother the duke overrode the mayor and took control of the fire-fighting so bold—they are at the forefront of the fire-fighters!

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Eventually the king and his brother the duke overrode the mayor and took control of the fire-fighting so bold—they are at the forefront of the fire-fighters!

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • That would reduce some stations' fire-fighting capacity, raising the ire of affected neighborhoods.

    L.A. Budget Deal Cuts Police, Fire Tamara Audi 2011

  • Redevelopment has attracted the Brown administration's attention for an obvious reason: The more aggressive cities have become in using this "tool," the more they divert tax dollars from traditional public services like schools, fire-fighting and police services.

    Jerry Brown's Good Deed Gets Punished Steven Greenhut 2011

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting Mr. Kenny that the ECB's remit doesn't allow it to play a bigger fire-fighting role.

    Pressure Mounts for Central Bank Matt Phillips 2011

  • When I ran the second-largest animal shelter in the Tristate area, I had the same need to change altitude dozens of times a day, from on-the-ground fire-fighting to high-level strategic planning.

    Liz Ryan: How Do I Reframe My Background for a Career Change? Liz Ryan 2011

  • When I ran the second-largest animal shelter in the Tristate area, I had the same need to change altitude dozens of times a day, from on-the-ground fire-fighting to high-level strategic planning.

    Liz Ryan: How Do I Reframe My Background for a Career Change? Liz Ryan 2011

  • Think of it this way: a town has a large reservoir which it uses for fire-fighting.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Bad Economics and Worse Political Science of Fiscal Retrenchment 2010

  • When I ran the second-largest animal shelter in the Tristate area, I had the same need to change altitude dozens of times a day, from on-the-ground fire-fighting to high-level strategic planning.

    Liz Ryan: How Do I Reframe My Background for a Career Change? Liz Ryan 2011

  • If the country found itself unable to raise funds from the market at affordable rates, the fire-fighting capabilities of the euro area's rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, would be severely tested.

    Italy Passes Bond Test — At a Cost Neelabh Chaturvedi 2011

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