Over the last five years, this company has posted an average annual sales growth of 35%, placing it solidly in the front ranks of the industry's best performers.

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The leaders of corporate boards, global stock exchanges and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission offered a bold vision of the future where equality in the boardroom translated into equality in the front office and the management ranks.

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His performance at Woodstock in 1969 catapulted him into the front ranks of the period's British guitar heroes, which included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend.

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Krissada turned to Bill Bensley, a Bangkok-based American who became famous for designing plush resort landscaping in Thailand and Bali before moving to the front ranks of five-star-hotel architects.

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However, the Black Cats have an abundance of talent in their ranks, not least of which is their front three of Kenwyne Jones, Bent and Campbell.

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But while the Institute ranks the car as a "top safety pick" based on its performance in front- and side-impact tests, it gave the 2012 Mercedes C-Class a "poor" grade in the new small-overlap test.

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Officials in Durban deployed teams to taxi ranks and train stations across the city to pass out 100-day badges, while in front of City Hall a pile of 100 footballs was set out, with one to be given away each day until 11 June.

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