This is the nation that has led the world for two centuries in the pursuit of discovery.
Alistair's been the best in the world for two or three years now and good on Jonny for coming third.
She was one of FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World for two years running, appeared in international and South African advertisements and was a celebrity contestant on Tropika Island of Treasure filmed in Jamaica.
Tomlinson said Steenkamp, known simply as Reeva, was one of FHM's (formerly For Him Magazine) 100 Sexiest Women in the World for two years running, appeared in countless international and national advertisements and was one of the celebrity contestants on Tropika Island of Treasure, filmed in Jamaica.
"I would take him to the World Cup for two reasons, " he said.
Social mobility took off after the second world war for two main reasons.
"I've been world class for two years and I've been screaming to move up a level for that long, " said Moore.
Dokic, who had beaten second seed Jennifer Capriati on the way to the final, kept pace with the world number two for four games.
Miyamoto has been a superstar in the gaming world for more than two decades, but neither he nor the company seems inclined to exploit his stardom.
Stepanek beat Viktor Troicki, a late replacement for world number two Djokovic who was ruled out with gastroenteritis, while Janko Tipsarevic saw off Berdych 7-5 6-2 2-6 7-5 (7-5).
He has purchased nine resort locations around the world for the Yellowstone Club World including two chateaux in France, a private golf course in Scotland and beachfront property north of Manzanillo, Mexico.
Which might explain why, despite dazzling on the world stage for the best part of two decades and winning world titles at four different weights, there are those that question Roy Jones Jr's greatness.
After being stuck at No. 3 in the world for four years behind two of the greatest ever to play, Djokovic also ascended to the No. 1 ranking.
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It sparked a transformation that made the tourists the dominant side in world cricket for the next two decades, as their bowlers battered Greig's team with a fearsome pace attack.
Savage quit Wales in 2005 because he said he did not want to be "humiliated" by being left out of the squad by Toshack for two World Cup qualifiers in 2005.
While chess programs have played at a world-class level for two decades, backgammon software based on the same brute-force approach has never achieved more than a weak intermediate level of play.
He was also beaten by Bernard Tomic in his singles rubber in the match against hosts Australia, but against Verdasco in the final he showed the form which has kept him at the top of the world rankings for the past two seasons.
But there was a scare for the World Champions when they lost three wickets for two runs in 14 balls.
The 24-year-old becomes the second Brazilian-born player to be naturalised for Tunisia after Jose Clayton, and the Esperance defender has played in the last two World Cup finals for the north African nation.
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The stakes could hardly be higher -- for the two Pacific powers and for the world.
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It was hardly the best preparation for facing the world number two and not surprisingly the 32-year-old made a slow start, a huge mistake against Nadal.
So before taking the now-treasured photo of me and her dad draped over an easy chair looking for all the world like two teenagers at a first prom, introductions were made.
Having completed a 4-2 one-day series win in India, the world champions host Sri Lanka for two Tests in November, followed by a Twenty20 international and three 50-over one-day internationals against New Zealand.
Watching his colleagues leave, Lavender has become an even louder and more passionate defender of the chaotic open outcry system that defined securities trading around the world for most of the past two centuries.
The Spaniard, who dropped to third-best in the world after being sidelined for over two months with a knee injury, said he was pleased with his physical preparation for the major that starts on August 31.
It's been provoked for me by the focus on London for the Olympic Games, both in capital spend on the infrastructure of the Games, and now as the epicentre of world sport, at least for two weeks.
But Germany's Postbank can transfer money almost anywhere in the world within two working days for only a nominal fee, and at no cost to the recipient (if there is a postal- banking system in the receiving country).
They describe the draft as "un-British" in that, even at moments of national crisis and retrenchment, during for example two world wars, "governments always understood the need to keep the tradition of world history alive in schools and to have an emphasis on British history in the context of the world".
It's unlikely that any future global handicap system will radically change the way handicaps are computed in the U.S., if only because the USGA system is already the basis for two thirds of the world's handicaps, and thus will probably be the framework for whatever comes.
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Furthermore, for the last two decades she has been working for World Health Organization (WHO) as an expert in tuberculosis.
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