Robert Dane, then working as a country doctor in Australia, was watching a race of solar-powered vessels in Sydney Harbor in 1997 when one of them ran into difficulty due to strong winds.

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They include Neelie Kroes, the Dutch nominee who has been assigned the competition portfolio, and Mariann Fischer Boel, a Dane who has been nominated as agriculture commissioner.

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"I'm looking at Dortmund this time, " the Dane, who skippered United as they secured a dramatic 2-1 win over Bayern Munich 13 years ago, told CNN, ahead of Thursday's last -16 draw.

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On a recent day in her studio, she used dental instruments as she sculpted a wax figure of a client's Great Dane named Cherry.

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The pair had been scheduled to meet on 2 February, but illness forced Dane Kristjansen to withdraw, so Gairy St Clair was named as a late replacement.

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She started her career as a copywriter at Seventeen magazine, then moved to agencies, first LC Gumbinner Agency and later Doyle Dane Bernbach, where she became group head and its first woman lead creative.

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Dane Thomas Bjorn is in a group two shots behind Storm after a 64 that stood as the course record until Swede Robert Karlsson posted a 63 later in the day to join the group one behind Storm.

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