The American actress Robin Wright Penn, who also sat on the festival jury, laughed off rumors that the decision was hotly disputed.

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Armstrong thus becomes a bad-ass American folk hero, a Robin Hood in stars and stripes, if you like.

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In the remote hills above Ukiah, a Franco-American partnership called Germain-Robin turns out luxury-priced brandies that regularly whup the grand Cognacs in blind tastings.

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Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo, presents Peter Pan as a grown-up American family man named Peter Banning (Robin Williams).

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Baidu's founder, Robin Li, raised funds from American venture capitalists and offered stock options to his earliest employees.

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English translations were largely handled by American poet Robert Bly, a personal friend, and Scottish poet Robin Fulton.

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Robin Roberts said marrow donors "are scarce and particularly for African-American women, " she said.

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