A "pre-Square" artist studies his craft his entire life, struggling with dead, inert, chaotic matter, trying to breathe life into it; as if fanning a fire, as if praying, he tries to ignite light within a stone; he stands on his tippy toes, craning his neck in an attempt to peek where the human eye cannot reach.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is accustomed to batting away criticism of his defence, but combating the likes of Philippe Coutinho and Christian Benteke with Calum Chambers and Gabriel, both out of position, fanned a fire he has tried in vain to douse.
The mothers' group was advised by Gordon D. Thompson, a physicist, who said that the chimneylike design of the casks, intended to keep the fuel from overheating, could help fan a fire.
A speech delivered at the SXSW conference in Austin, Tex. this week by Mark Cuban, cofounder and CEO of Broadcast.com, fanned a fire when Cuban was incorrectly quotd in a number of media outlets and stock picker message boards as saying that Broadcast.com might acquire RealNetworks.
Blaine Gibson, a lawyer turned investigator who arrived on Madagascar six months ago, said he has seen debris from the plane used to fan a kitchen fire by a nine-year-old girl on the island.
There, the strong winds fanned a large fire ignited by sparks from downed power lines.
Even those who were frustrated by the Kerry campaign's efforts to deflect, misdirect or otherwise put off frenzied news reporters had to give it credit for fanning a bona fide media fire.
George R.R. Martin gave "A Song of Ice and Fire" fans a huge gift: an unseen chapter from the series' sixth book, "The Winds of Winter".
Late in that game, a fan with a "Fire Isiah" sign was peacefully moved out of a seat behind the team bench.
During Monday's game, a fan holding a "Fire Isiah" sign had his message confiscated by security guards, who led him out of his courtside seat.
After a match at Cincinnati Gardens, an enraged fan took a fire extinguisher off the wall and threw it at Costello and Kent from the balcony of the Gardens.
