The British declined to make Mr Bird a knight, an honour often handed out to successful people in former colonies.

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The technology can make it sound as if a bird is flying around your head in a full circle, not just passing from one side of a room to the other.

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If students facing large debts decide that a so-so course at a so-so university isn't so attractive after all, there may be summer sales, with places going cheap in clearing, or perhaps early-bird discounts for students who make a particular institution their first choice.

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He also follows in the footsteps of Buzby, the animated yellow bird who urged Britons to "make someone happy" with a phone call in the late 1970s.

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The famous bird has fallen victim to a deadly parasite which threatens to make this season the worst in living memory.

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It's what makes sports fun: You can passionately make a case about the brilliance of Magic, while the guy in the office across from you thinks Bird was the most clutch player who's ever graced the court.

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Shortly before the affair broke, the prime minister, Baldwin Spencer, was bringing forward his plans for an election amid rumours that Mr Bird and his Antigua Labour Party (ALP) were seeking Sir Allen's financial help to make a comeback.

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