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...Johannesburg, and was an amateur boxer before becoming a chartered accountant. He decided to go into the inn-keeping business after his parents bought a modest hotel in the coastal resort of Durban. Still in his 20s, he built the Beverly Hills Hotel, the country's first five-star accommodation. In partnership with South African Breweries, he eventually accumulated 30 hotels stretching from Cape Town across to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius...
...Stig," for instance, figures in the Australian and U.S. versions, while inviting local celebrities to race the clock around a circuit should also have universal appeal. Much more crucial: finding a cast as comfortable with cars as they are fooling around. Hiring the comedian, rally driver and TV DIY star used in the U.S. pilot took six months. "What you won't want to do is lose the essence of Top Gear, which is ... the independence of spirit, in which people can say things they absolutely believe in," says BBC Worldwide's Garvie...
...While such support from those who know him best already reflects well on the senior standout, Caputo has also begun to enjoy recognition at the national level.On Nov. 24th, all eyes will be on the talented grappler, as he travels to Columbus, Ohio for the 43rd NWCA All-Star Classic. As only the second Harvard grappler to ever compete in the event, Caputo will challenge No. 3 Phil Keddy of Iowa in a one-match brawl, meant to showcase the highest echelon of collegiate wrestling.“It’s one of the biggest honors...
...computers in the library, and letting us play in the snow during recess if we brought snowpants from home. It was a landslide victory. The next year I entered the big leagues—middle school—and therefore much tougher competition, but my political star continued to ascend. I captured the presidency of the sixth grade class and then the seventh grade class and finally I took the highest post in the National Junior Honor Society. I was on top of the world. I had already achieved so many firsts for my race and I knew...
...battle tanks, the temptation may have been to laugh them off as a bunch of ragtag local gunmen who had improbably gotten lucky. But the pirates of Somalia proved they have more than dumb luck going for them last Saturday, when they seized the Saudi supertanker MV Sirius Star and its cargo of more than $100 million worth of crude oil. This occurred despite the attention of navies from the U.S., NATO and others that were patrolling the area to protect shipping. (The Ukrainian vessel, MV Faina, remains one of 11 captive vessels currently moored off pirate ports as ransom...