His fifth goal of the game, with 8:04 left to play, brought Cornell to within 14-12 and was the record-breaker.

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On this score, London looks much better than Athens, which overspent by a factor of far more than two and the great record-breaker, Montreal, whose citizens were paying for the 1976 games for decades.

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In a note to clients, Suki Cooper of Barclays Capital said that over 500 people attended the LBMAs conference, a record breaker.

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While superheros will be the story of the summer, there are other films in the pipeline that could help make this summer a record breaker.

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If the economic figures don't change he will have to be a record breaker to win in 2012.

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The attempt is being organised by Richard Noble, a veteran British record-breaker, and is sponsored by a number of companies.

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