My only question for Pat Riley is: Why didn't he offer to double the salary of Suns head trainer Aaron Nelson so he would take his talents to South Beach?

我对帕特·莱利唯一的问题是：为什么他不出双倍工资给太阳队的首席训练师尼尔森，让他把他的能力带到南海岸的迈阿密呢？

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Nelson Mandela met the South Africa team wearing the captain's No4 shirt amid growing confusion as to whether he will attend the opening ceremony.

尼尔森·曼德拉穿着南非队队长的4号球衣会见了整支球队，这再度引起了人们有关他是否会出席开幕式的猜测。

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Our story began in the Pollsmoor Prison in South Africa, a place where Nelson Mandela spent several of his 27 years of incarceration.

故事是从南非波尔斯穆监狱开始的，纳尔逊·曼德拉曾在这里度过了27年。

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And Morgan Freeman is nominated for his role as former South African president Nelson Mandela in the film "Invictus."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Former South African President Nelson Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

One of the questions I've asked is: are safe sex,condoms and antiretroviral drugs a sufficient response to the health catastrophes that we face? The debate and anger over the issue drew the attention of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who spoke at the closing ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Nizan Guanaes, Oskar Metsavaht and Vik Muniz will join a roster that also includes former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, Cuban ballerina and choreographer Alicia Alonso and the Princess of Hanover.

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Since then, annual lectures at the centre have been given by world figures including former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan and Sonia Gandhi, leader of India's Congress Party.

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Ms Winfrey pledged to build the academy after a meeting with former South African President Nelson Mandela six years ago and personally interviewed many of the South African girls from low income families who applied for the initial 150 places at the school.

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