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In this “save Christmas” special of the kid-popular series, computer-animated puppies in knit sweaters step in when a cold sidelines a sick Santa, threatening the delivery of presents and the true meaning of Christmas.

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The commissioner had gone as far, they said, as threatening to plow ahead with the deal—whether Michigan agreed or not.

Slovakia, who beat Germany earlier in qualifying, created some threatening moments but could not take them.

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"These events show that the people behind it have decided to begin a new phase of threatening the railway infrastructure," Special Services Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said.

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Mr Allen, who is a Times Radio producer, denied using abusive or threatening language, "even in private".

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

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