Finland's Nurmi won his nine golds in the 1920s and American Lewis in the 1980s and 90s.

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Defense attorney Kirk Nurmi had urged them not to be swayed by passion or emotion.

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The American's ninth career gold medal also ties him with Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi and Larysa Latynina for the most in Olympic history.

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"Since we began selling it late last year, the Nokia Lumia 800 has received rave reviews around the world, " said Ilari Nurmi, Vice President of Product Marketing, Nokia.

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The Moroccan emulated the achievement of Finn Paavo Nurmi in 1924 as he cruised to victory in the 5, 000 in one of the most mouth-watering head-to-heads of the Athens Games.

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Nurmi and Lewis are Olympic athletics icons.

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"Nokia continues to lead the field in NFC with this latest implementation on the Windows Phone platform, in which we have the full support of Orange, " said Ilari Nurmi, head of product marketing for Nokia's Smart Devices business unit.

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