For fringe players in the smartphone industry, which is dominated by Apple and Samsung, ringing up 10 million sales of a new model would be a welcome achievement.

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Novy Kapadia, one of India's leading sports commentators, told BBC World Service's Sports International programme that Mirza's "phenomenal achievement" had made her a role model in the country.

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And because a lot of your public schools opened themselves up to new ideas and innovative reforms, we're actually seeing an improvement in overall achievement that is making the city a model for reform nationwide.

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Aside from the novel way in which he has put together his business model, Patterson's achievement is all the more remarkable given that he does not even finish the EMBA until later this month but already has the venture up and running.

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Transforming the pedagogical focus from memorised learning to a teaching-learning model which centres on the educational achievement of the pupils and their families both inside and outside of school.

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Whatever one thinks of his achievement, Mr Vidal is in many respects an exemplary figure: a model of the genteel American, an outstanding literary stylist, and a man with the unflinching courage to say what he believes, though the heavens fall.

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