But it is equally likely that Mirabilis and its 65 employees will simply be sold.

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Gotfod gestures into the distance, pointing to a windswept plant, called Welwitschia mirabilis.

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Mirabilis's goal is to corner the market, says Yossi Vardi, the company's first investor and head of business development.

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Vaughan's own annus mirabilis was 2002, when he scored 1, 481 runs in Tests.

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The top life sciences dealmaker and his annus mirabilis.

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The year 2010, in which China overtook Europe to become the second-largest art market after the United States, has been described as an annus mirabilis for Chinese art collecting as wealthy Chinese from all levels of the new society chose art and objects as tangible assets, suitable for investment, trading and bragging rights beyond simple display.

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