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During an ice age, glaciers and ice sheets expand, and varying temperatures cause these ice masses to repeatedly advance and shrink.

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The cause of the fire is unknown, but the flames are believed to have spread quickly through bamboo scaffolding that covered the outside of the tower blocks.

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"Consuming similar content is often not aligned with learning. This can cause problems for users and ultimately for society."

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Dr. Derek Keir, study co-author and tectonics specialist at the University of Southampton and the University of Florence, said: "The idea that rifting of continents can cause drips and cells of circulating hot rock at depth that spread thousands of kilometers inland makes us rethink what we know about the edges of continents both today and in Earth's deep past."

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Broadcasters argue with some cause that the cap prevents them from combining to increase leverage with advertisers, as well as cable and streaming providers that they negotiate with to carry their stations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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