"I was always one of these kids who had the smart back-answer in school - a right hard-faced, cheeky young man, " he told Roy Plomley on a 1972 edition of Desert Island Discs.
It will be hard for his fresh-faced new team to regain lost ground before parliamentary elections in November.
Whatever you think of the rubber-faced funnyman, hard-boiled sax-noodling anti-hero is unlikely to be the first image that comes to mind.
Wal-Mart also faced well-established rivals in Germany, like Metro, and hard discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, already comfortable with razor-thin profit margins.
Last year, Ireland faced England with optimism following a hard-fought victory over Wales.
Given his opposition to same-sex marriage and the pressure an openly gay staffer faced from conservatives, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be hard-pressed to get similar support from the gay and lesbian community.
Finally, though only at apprentice level, bright-faced and towering Silas Farley stood out in all his ensemble roles with hard-to-miss radiance.
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In a hard-hitting judgement, Lord Hoffman said that Shahanna Islam, a graduate trainee schoolteacher from Karachi, faced threats from her husband and his political friends after becoming involved in a political dispute nine years ago.
And then as the financial crisis hit with its full force, America faced a hard and once unimaginable reality, that two of the Big 3 automakers -- GM and Chrysler -- were on the brink of liquidation.
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It's not hard to see why other tycoons were jealous of Hashim, who was described in a 1993 profile as "cherub-faced" and still doesn't look his age.
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