• Known as the "Young Pretender, " his cause suffered a fatal blow with defeat at Culloden Moor in 1746.

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  • More than any past election, this one will be about leadership, pitting a young pretender against an old hand.

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  • For years its success was built on its entrenched view of itself as the upstart pretender, running rings around the old retailing establishment.

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  • Eso me permite actuar con libertad entendiendo muy bien toda la consecuencia que esto puedo generar, al pretender romper una sociedad de privilegios.

    BBC: Duarte: "Queremos cambiar la historia"

  • The young pretender gave Rafael Nadal one of the toughest tests on clay that the seven-time French Open champion has endured in recent years.

    CNN: 'Baby Federer' tag weighs on tennis star's shoulders

  • This pretender was one of 100 impersonators of scientists, journalists and science policy wonks uncovered by Lucas Laursen, a reporter at Nature, the scientific journal.

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  • Ireland are in a similar position to Wales with one top-class veteran stand-off, in this case O'Gara, and the young pretender snapping at his heels.

    BBC: James Hook flourishes as Wales fly-half

  • The pair were interviewed together after their rounds and 14-time major winner Woods was fulsome in his praise of the young pretender to his throne.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • His illness sparked renewed competition between the prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, and the interior minister (and young pretender), Nicolas Sarkozy, to be seen as heir apparent.

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  • He lost twice in grand slam finals -- to compatriot Pat Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1998, before running into a young pretender called Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2003.

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  • Federer shares the Open-era record for most U.S. Open victories with Sampras and Connors, having clinched his fifth crown in 2008 when he beat young pretender Andy Murray in the final.

    CNN: Profile: Roger Federer - The greatest ever

  • The upstart or young pretender KRW (South Korean won) is currently weak against the USD on event risk, but the market anticipates the currency to trade back to pre-crisis strength against the JPY.

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  • Henry VII needed them out of the way, but he got so scared whenever a pretender appeared that it is likely that he knew they were alive at the time Richard died at Bosworth.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • But the day was set to end on an ominous note for Mr Hague when pretender to the throne Michael Portillo attends a Conservative Way Forward dinner - prominently supported by none other than Margaret Thatcher.

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  • His launch was less well attended than that of the young pretender Conall McDevitt whilst some wondered whether the venue - the Linenhall library - was too historic for someone wanting to lead his party into the future.

    BBC: Northern Ireland

  • Among Bush supporters there are the revenge camp, which wants to take back the White House from the Great Pretender, and the redemption camp--those who ran off with Clinton in 1992, lived to regret it and want to make amends.

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  • Mr Knapman took over the role of leader in 2002, but in 2004, a new pretender to the crown - former Labour MP and chat show host Robert Kilroy-Silk - arrived in a flurry of publicity to shake things up once again.

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