Another illustrious name: Rohinton Mistry, whose Such a Long Journey and A Fine Balance featured on the Booker short list.

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Understandably, Renault, now Lotus, are delighted to have acquired their illustrious name.

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Soon after, Coastline started renting the part of the yard and eventually took part of the premises and the illustrious name before floating on the stock exchange in 1997.

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And naturally the Tech City chief, Eric Van Der Kleij, is punching the air, welcoming the arrival of such an illustrious name in the technology industry as a real boost for the community.

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The provenance of the quotation may not be so rich as you assumed, but the clarion call it sounds is so well wrought it does not require the support of an illustrious name.

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With so many runs and an illustrious batting career under Ganguly's belt, there is every possibility of his name being read again on the team list.

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