That brought a new wave of agronomists and other young professional people to town.

ECONOMIST: A land of drought

"It is naive to think if any professional club came to the town it wouldn't seriously affect us, " he said.

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Pienaar said the professional attitude of Ajax Cape Town, a subsidiary of Ajax Amsterdam, made his transition to European football easier.

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They are being given the chance of competing on the same town circuit as the professional riders.

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In town there was a professional summer theatre, a new thing at the time, which some people were enthusiastic about and others worried about, fearing that it would bring in riffraff.

NEWYORKER: Gravel

George Clooney plays a professional assassin who lays up in a medieval hill town in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

NEWYORKER: The American

He was the first professional black footballer and played in goal for Darlington, Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Rotherham Town and other famous old clubs like Preston North End in the late 1880s.

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Born in the town of Holywood in 1989, McIlroy was initially taught golf by his father before turning professional in 2007.

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Her documentary about race relations and tensions in Jena, Louisiana, following the appearance of nooses at the town's high school, earned her the top documentary award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Born in the town of Holywood in 1989, McIlroy was initially taught golf by his late father before turning professional in 2007.

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