His literary team also worries that introducing a new work too soon after his latest crime thriller's release could distract readers from the marketing campaign around his existing books.

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Earlier, Corbat sent a memo to employees introducing the members of his new management team, appointing Jamie Forese and Manuel Medina-Mora co-presidents.

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"One of the key pillars of this project is not just about putting together a racing team -- it's about introducing motorsport to West Africa and that means we have to create circuits, we have to create series and, most importantly, we have to create drivers, " says Sam Collins, NRE's lead driver.

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He is often given credit for introducing rock music to operating rooms in the Northeast as a way to soothe the medical team and the patients, an innovation that earned him the nickname Rock Doc from Rolling Stone.

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