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A worthwhile celebrity at last (if that's not a contradiction in terms).
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Yes, hte articles in last weeks papers were very interesting ineed! Very few were accepting her for who she was and aknoweldging the fact she was very bright-intstead attacking her for not being what most of the press attack about 'celebrities' these days! i.e dim, blonde, concerned about figure/clothes and falling out of clubs which is what they make their name from.
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There seems to have been an awful lot of jealousy about, from the thikos who can't stand the thought of someone being very bright, and normal-looking at the same time.
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And to make things even more fun, one of her team has graduated and is working as a trainee accountant for |Price Waterhouse Coopers. Not that he had much input.

The opposition don't care so why should anyone else.
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Actually the same thing happened to me in 1966/67. I was chosen in good faith because I was planning to do a postgraduate course, and had been accepted for it. But by the time of the second round, I had definitively failed to secure any funding. I made this abundantly clear to the producer, who told me not to worry, no one else would.

Given that Corpus Christi has a pool of 400 to choose from, and Manchester 40,000, I don't think this sort of quibbling is very edifying.

I don't think University Challenge goes in for seeding, but it looked that way: from the outset, these two teams were head and shoulders above the rest.
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I thought she was brilliant.
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Seems that her team may not win after all as one of the players already had a job...
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And to make things even more fun, one of her team has graduated and is working as a trainee accountant for |Price Waterhouse Coopers. Not that he had much input.
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Thanks...mid afternooncatnap here in Lux I think!
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