The government awarded citations to those who had achieved great feats in building monuments, and my brother's name was on the list of recipients.

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His one-and-a-half revolutions of the stormy southern ocean, before at last dropping anchor in Tahiti, is one of the great feats of singlehanded sailing.

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Bill came to accomplish his great feats for America's security by a rich and varied background of senior positions in both the public and private sectors.

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When Marshall described great feats like Len Hutton's innings of 364 in 1938, he did so without the support of an expert summariser - something which would be almost unbelievable to today's generation of commentators.

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If he can pull it off, the revival of Palm Solutions will be one of the great management feats in recent years.

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In fact, Rebecca's feats have been great for Britain and that's why she's my Sports Personality of the Year.

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Many have been inspired by the amazing feats of the late, great Joey Dunlop who attained legendary status by accumulating with style a record 26 wins.

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These stories, and others concerning extraordinary feats in extreme cold, at great depths underwater, in sporting arenas and in outer space, are the starting points for Dr Ashcroft's careful explanations of how the human body copes at the limits of endurance.

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