Van Commenee is unrepentant, even with the absence through injury of possible gold medallists Christine Ohuruogu, Paula Radcliffe, Greg Rutherford and Germaine Mason.

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Academic Germaine Greer, who walked out of Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, accused the show of adopting "superior" bullying tactics and treating the contestants "irresponsibly".

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In the mid-1960s, Mr. Hughes joined an emerging generation of journalists including Germaine Greer and Clive James who emigrated to London in search of wider literary vistas.

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The other five - Phillips Idowu, Germaine Mason, Tasha Danvers, Kelly Sotherton and Nicola Sanders - all won medals in Beijing or at last year's World Championships in Osaka.

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However, remember that this time last year Tasha Danvers and Germaine Mason were each regarded as no better than potential finalists, yet both went on to win Olympic medals.

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The egg, an engagement present for Germaine Halphen, who became the wife of Baron Edouard de Rothschild, was originally bought by Edouard Ephrussi, the representative of the Rothschild family's oil interests in Baku, in modern-day Azerbaijan.

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Germaine Elderflower liqueur and Patron Silver Tequila.

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British authorities established after the attack that Siddique Khan, Tanweer and two suicide bombers they had recruited in the UK -- Germaine Lindsey and Hasib Hussain -- traveled to London in June 2005 to conduct surveillance of targets.

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The first announcement of acts also includes cabaret courtesy of The Horne Section, a celebration of David Bowie from the Institute of Contemporary Arts, an appearance from artist David Shrigley, poetry from Tim Key and talks from Germaine Greer and Alan Moore.

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