The relationship with Beauvoir propelled this twenty-six-year-old tyro into the highest reaches of French culture.

NEWYORKER: Witness

But the Test team is led by Jersey's 20-something tyro Matt Burrows, croquet's very own James Anderson, and current world champion Robert Fulford is in his 30s.

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But it was that man Evans that almost laid on a second for Wales as the young tyro set up second-half skipper Jason Koumas, whose 25-yard volley fizzed inches over Sturluson's crossbar.

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Under new management, the Bank has shown itself to be much more fleet-footed than the tyro European Central Bank in Frankfurt.

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