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The "war" metaphor, incidentally, had been playing out for weeks, stoked by IBM and Jeopardy! to build public interest in the tournament.

I mean, I'm completely and utterly stoked to be, you know, part of that legacy. I'm so pleased.

But believe me, the epidemic of the plague is only a rumor, no doubt stoked by Catherine de Medici's people.

like many religious idols , she was openly abused and ridiculed , in her case by the same press that stoked the public worship of her.

Third, it has given Sri Lankan Tamils no more than vague assurances that it will tackle the grievances that have stoked the conflict.

As the sun appears on the horizon, 1 a few stoked surfers paddle out through the waves.

Yet during his eight-year presidency Mr Putin deliberately stoked anti-western sentiments for his own advantage.

Besides money, members of the stoked will be able to volunteer their time with reading groups and after-hour tutoring at schools.

The fierce ambition behind his rise was stoked by his status as an outsider.

This has led to the enormous price increases for those assets that have stoked fears of a 2007-style financial-asset bust.

It's your job to see that the boilers are stoked up at night.

A spate of mysterious after-hours grenade attacks on banks and government buildings has stoked a sense of unease over what lies ahead.

It is a relief, you know? It didn't get damaged or anything, so I'm stoked about that. -Where does this one go?

And with The Red Devils having not been champions since 2003, Blues captain Terry has stoked the fires for the run-in.

Xenophobia stoked by years of state propaganda has been swept aside by gratitude for NATO intervention.

Having stoked a boom, now the Fed can't prevent at least a short-term decline in the US economy, and maybe worse.

The Bush administration seemed not to care, which stoked the Russians' feeling that they were being ignored.

Weak consumer demand, falling property prices, and the rise of a predatory shadow banking system have stoked concerns of a hard landing.

The rocketing cost of living has stoked social tensions, protests and violence from Morocco, Afghanistan and Vietnam to Haiti.

The incident triggered the worst dispute between the two countries in five years and stoked nationalist sentiment on both sides.

The tensions have been stoked by rival claims to parts of the South China Sea.

The U. S. says North Korea has already mounted a long-range rocket on a launch pad -- a move that has stoked tensions.

Cases of contaminated vegetables and milk have already stoked anxiety despite assurances from officials that the levels are not dangerous.

Even before this week's riots in Britain (see article) governments were bracing themselves against protests stoked by the economic downturn.

But the novelty of air-con in developing Asia has stoked a perverse desire to fight the natural climate.

Only recently, the Shanghai's mayor stoked expectations when he declared 'now is a good time to launch the international board. '

The invasion stoked up a powerful local insurgency, and America's travails in Iraq have emboldened the Iranians.

To keep their internal furnace stoked , chickadees eat twice as much food in winter as in summer.

Some security analysts say such efforts to internationalize the conflict have stoked an increasingly belligerent response from China.

we also used these devices to boil water for tea, as the main stove and the oven were only stoked once a day.

Critics say he stoked the fires of Africa's bloodiest civil wars: a British government minister once dubbed him the "merchant of death" .

They also claim that the rioting was stoked by pro-government militia and plainclothes soldiers to discredit their movement.

Their ambitions were stoked when the president reneged on a deal to rotate power among Nigeria's regions.

That has hurt stocks on some days in recent weeks. It has also stoked fears about the economy falling back into recession.

We've got some tropical activity going on in the South China Sea, plus a good-looking Northeast swell coming through afterwards. Stoked!

That an ordinary citizen should have been granted such access has stoked suspicions.

The market is regularly stoked by alarming news stories about online security at banks, credit card companies and retailers.

If central banks overestimate this and cut too much, it will fuel inflation, already stoked by demand in the emerging economies.

Instead, inflation is being stoked by people getting richer and demanding more of everything from cars to television sets to beef.

I'm really excited to see New York!

Over the years, the Chinese government has stoked nationalism as a way to legitimatize itself amid a diminishing communist system.

But it stoked further controversy by demanding that Greece's private creditors take losses on their loans.

A prehistoric monument in the county of Wiltshire , Stonehenge has long stoked conversations about its origins.

Rows over dodgy dealings have, in turn, stoked strife in his People of Freedom (PdL) movement.

There should be around 40 people here. It's going to be great. I'm so stoked!

Overt grief is part of life now, stoked by a public and media hungry for human interest.

The court's decisions dismayed people in the war zone and have stoked tensions, says a HRW report.

Alerted to his family connection, millions of internet users stoked public outrage with derision and forced officials to respond.

Hunger is primarily an artefact of inequality; arguably finance stoked that inequality.

Local authorities in some cities have stoked sales by raising the price of permits for petrol-fuelled scooters or banning them altogether.

In the process the Fed has stoked public anger by bailing out the very institutions that got us into trouble.

Part of the problem is that the miners' own memories of bad times have led them to behave in ways that have stoked China's worries.

The government stoked the boom by allowing investors to make down payments of only 20%, paying the remainder upon a project's completion.

In Queensland, firefighters battled a string of blazes as the unseasonally dry weather stoked the flames.

Almost all of Al Carbon's menu is prepared on a grill stoked by chunks of wood, which gives the food a pleasing smokiness.

It has forced up the exchange rate, sucked in unproductive luxuries and stoked a boom in construction, particularly around Kabul.

Turkey has clashed with Cyprus and stoked tensions with Greece and Israel over natural-gas fields that lie under the eastern Mediterranean.

The South Sea and Mississippi bubbles of 1720 were related, stoked by deregulation and powerful monetary expansion in England and France.

I'm stoked to be back in LA.

Growing livestock and textile industries have stoked demand for animal feed and fibres.

If you're one of HSBC's shareholders, you're probably stoked.

The rising cost of fuel has stoked public anger worldwide.

The deaths have stoked criticism of working conditions at Foxconn and, by extension, all of southern China.

Mr. Aznar's refusal to discuss more regional autonomy had stoked separatist sentiment.

The decline has stoked government fears of tax revenue shortfalls and labor shortages.

Moreover, the activism embodied in such programmes has itself stoked the degree of anxiety.

The spending splurge has stoked allegations of nepotism and corruption.

Public concerns about economic concentration are stoked by hard times.

well, that sounds awesome and i'm stoked.

which has stoked the inflation eroding their household incomes.

A cult following was born, expertly stoked through marketing.

After China's frothy property prices stoked fears that a bubble was forming, the central government took measures to cool the market.

But because the Obama cult has stoked expectations among its devotees to such unprecedented heights, he is especially likely to disappoint.

To think that he can lie beside that furnace I stoked for him and do nothing but make water!

In China, some industry officials defended their drywall 's quality and suggested the controversy may be stoked by protectionism.

This has stoked anti-American feeling, already rife in Pakistan.

A fierce rivalry stoked them, and each competed to create finer artifacts than the other two.

Although race remains a source of tension, economic concerns have stoked many of the protests.

Now the controversy has been stoked further by former intern Ross Perlin.

Germany's influence over the sale process has stoked doubts in the UK about the future of Vauxhall.

Instead, nationalist rage is stoked up on both sides.

By some estimates it could be 9. 5 per cent, stoked even before the financial crisis by generous pay increases to public servants.

Yeah! I'm so stoked to go home and see everybody!

Taste the fire stoked by hatred!

George Orwell's "1984, " published in 1948, stoked fears about totalitarianism.

Well the second little piggy , well he was kinda stoked .

I'm stoked about the DJ I hired for the party.

The fear was stoked by the process Citi ran.

The fears are being stoked by economic wobbliness in Europe and signs of slowing demand in China.

and I sure as heck don't think that middle class Americans are frustrated and angry because they're being stoked by divisions. . .

Last year, high winds stoked wildfires in Southern California and destroyed thousands of homes.

AB basing: can this item be stoked? 1 means yes, 0 means no.

On one theory, the rebound came only because of excessive cuts in interest rates that stoked the credit bubble.

I am really stoked on that movie.

I am so stoked about the good news.

Ad hoc crisis management last year stoked market panic.

Mike: What are you so stoked about?

I'm stoked about it! But I'm gonna miss all of my friends

THE horrors of the Nanjing massacre of 1937 have long stoked the imagination of Chinese artists

Caffeine-stoked energy drinks wire a generation