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• n  a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
• n  tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
• n  a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
• n  a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
• v  burn maliciously, as by arson
  The madman torched the barns

• San Francisco is the latest clash point on the torch's troubled tour.
• After a lighting ceremony in Greece, the torch will make a 137,000 km "journey of harmony," stopping off in 135 cities on five continents.
• The torch relay in Nagano came off without serious incident because it had to.

• common mullein
• great mullein
• Aaron's rod
• flannel mullein
• woolly mullein
• Verbascum thapsus
• flashlight
• blowtorch
• blowlamp

News & Articles

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• ‘Roof sit’ today, torch run to aid Special Olympics
  NORMAL – The Law Enforcement Torch Run has started throughout Illinois, culminating Friday with the opening ceremony of the Illinois Special Olympics summer games at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium.
  June 11, 2013 - The Pantagraph
• Special Olympics torch carried through CNY
  Throughout Central New York, people were carrying the torch to this year's State Special Olympics Summer Games.
  June 11, 2013 - YNN Syracuse
• Torch to kill weeds catches home on fire
  SHERWOOD, Ore. – Firefighters scrambled to put out a fire at a home in Sherwood that was accidentally started by a man using a propane torch to kill weeds, firefighters said. The fire started shortly after noon Sunday at 12020 SW Tooze Road when a pine tree caught on fire from a propane torch. The fire then quickly spread to the side of the home, firefighters said. No one in the home was hurt ...
  June 10, 2013 - KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland

Quotes

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• Jacques Rogge in SportingNews.com
  I'm very concerned with the international situation and what's happening in Tibet,Rogge said. "The torch relay has been targeted. The International Olympic Committee has expressed its serious concerns and calls for a rapid, peaceful...
• Peter Ueberroth in TIME
  It must provide a proper forum for the peaceful expression of opinions and dissent. And it must safely and respectfully welcome the flame and honor the US athletes and other participants who will carry the torch,Ueberroth said.
• Mia Farrow in 940 News
  They wanted some reassurance that we were not here to disrupt the torch relay, which of course we are not,Farrow said later.