Also convicted of conspiracy to defraud was Borge Andersen, 66, a Dane, from South Kensington who was jailed for 39 months.

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An early arrival on the scene was the Sandinist guru and former interior minister, Tomas Borge, wearing his pyjamas and a worried expression.

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And 90-year-old Victor Borge left his native Denmark at the start of World War II and arrived in New York in 1940 not knowing a word of English.

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The key to dominating the seas, according to Nigel Finn and Borge Kristoffersen, of the University of Bergen, in Norway, is to evolve floating eggs that contain sufficient unsalty water.

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Ray Romano has more to say about this than most fathers 'cause he has four kids, including a set of twins, or as Victor Borge said, they're twins, both of them.

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"The public should be made aware of that there are alternatives to sleeping pills that might be better in the long term, " says University of Bergen psychologist Borge Sivertsen, who led the study.

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Borge Nakken, who is in charge of technology and development at Farstad, expects Far Solitaire to use about 40% less fuel than a conventional vessel of the same size that is carrying out similar tasks.

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