Several stages of cooling are needed to slow them down before they can be trapped, forming a matchstick-sized cloud of around 30, 000 particles.

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In the firmament of Welsh boxing legends, no star has burned so brightly, or for such a tragically short time, as the "Merthyr Matchstick", Johnny Owen.

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In some cases, what remains is then stitched up with coarse thread - leaving a tiny hole, perhaps just the size of a matchstick, for urinating and menstruation.

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The prosecution also claimed that a low-level mixed DNA profile from Mr Shivers was also uncovered from a third used matchstick which was found on the roadway near the car.

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Fifty-five paintings and 278 drawings by Lowry, famous for his matchstick figures, will be displayed by rotation at the centre and up to 100 will be on show at a time.

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It's Hong Kong film star and Hollywood hopeful Chow Yun Fat striking what appears to be a kung fu pose, a matchstick clenched between his teeth, presumably for extra threat value.

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Status Quo have scored more hit singles than any other band in UK chart history, with 61 chart hits since their first smash, Pictures of Matchstick Men, was released in 1968.

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Sit in the single, brushed steel and wood seat unveiled by the Queen of Norway in 2006, which offers awe-inspiring views of the cruise ships that appear like small matchstick boats on the crystal clear Gieranger fjord below.

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The debt relief development programs that industrialized nations committed to in Britain this summer may help the future of Niger and other African states, but what will it do today, as we see pictures of mothers with matchstick-thick arms holding fragile, listless infants?

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