Not that Cambridge are without their own international flavour, which president Tom Stallard hopes will give his university their best crew ever.

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What follows is a part of the fascinating discussion Tom and I had about the challenge faced by the Captain Morgan crew and how the brand regained its solid footing as a category leader.

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In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where mourners gathered to remember the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, Deena Burnett remembered her husband, Tom -- one of the passengers thought to have fought with the hijackers before the plane crashed in a field.

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Pollard, depending upon your tastes, is either the least-perfect or most-perfect player in the NFL to weigh in on this issue: He has been a one-man wrecking crew during his NFL career, injuring New England Patriots players in particular (Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Stevan Ridley are notable victims).

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Once on board, Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin will join the rest of the crew of their mission, known as Expedition 35: Canadian Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, all of whom have been on the station since December.

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On December 5, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romaneko, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn will launch from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station, which will give the station a 6-person crew until March, when Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will leave.

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