What I find so interesting about this situation, besides the fact that this man is putting himself out of a job, is the fact that people constantly question if there is a bubble or not.

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Besides giving voice to the common man, Jackson was above all a committed unionist, argues Mr Brands.

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Besides being the No. 2 assist man in NBA history, after John Stockton, Kidd also was one of the Knicks' best rebounding guards.

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Besides being a fancy toy for a very rich man, the phone enabled Mr. Stone to visually emphasize Gekko's early-bird-gets-the-worm work ethic: "There he was, prowling the beach at dawn, " says Mr. Stone.

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His career in politics had a mini-peak in 1983-86 when he was a junior trade and industry spokesman, followed by semi-retirement until Mr Blair picked him for his job in May as a man who understood money and was, besides, a family friend, happy to lend the Blairs the odd holiday home.

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Naturally, besides owning this fabulous car, Cornelius Whitney managed to be a brilliantly productive man, both founding Pan Am Airlines and co-producing Gone with the Wind.

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Besides, say his allies, it's a little ironic that Baker, a man derided by his critics for being the ultimate pragmatist, is now being tagged for showing too much passion.

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"He was always a busy man, " Pier Silvio Berlusconi says of his 73-year-old father, who besides being the Italian head of government, is also a billionaire media entrepreneur, real estate and insurance tycoon, bank proprietor, sports team owner and song-writer.

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