But for the balance of the past millennium, anyway, the man and the office have been considered separable only by death.

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But then this is the man who faced Mikkel Kessler in the Millennium Stadium and Bernard Hopkins under the bright lights of Las Vegas while watched by a sprinkling of A-list Hollywood stars and millions around the world.

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Last year there was a lot of support for naming Mr Subramaniam India's man of the century, even of the millennium.

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Cockerill said Tigers fly-half Andy Goode, who claimed 19 points and a richly deserved man-of-the-match award at the Millennium Stadium, was more than capable of adding to his nine caps if the opportunity arose.

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Western Force number eight Ben McCalman is the only man in the starting XV who has not played at the Millennium Stadium before.

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In 1998, Mr. Smith moved from the north of England to the Isle of Man to help Daniels produce a series of 58 wristwatches celebrating the millennium.

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