Building on a successful record of maintaining a viable captive Verreaux's sifaka population, the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) in Durham, North Carolina, requested and obtained permission from the government of Madagascar to capture and export this (then) unknown species for captive breeding.
They had little to prove, building on a 54-14 carecordecord that had produced an Olympic bronze medal, a sterling reputation in Davis Cup play, about $5 million apiece in prize money and 48 shared titles, five of those spread across the four Grand Slam tournaments.
Also housed in the building is a record shop on the second floor and a restaurant in the next room.
Botín, said to be a personal friend of Vadera's, said: "I know she is committed to building on our record as a scale challenger in British banking, and to our work to help people and businesses prosper".
And these days, analysts say that for all his early troubles, Mr. Villaraigosa is building a record on crime, mass transit expansion and the environment that, if short of the original promise of his mayoralty, is substantial and is positioning him for advancement.
Building on this record of success, Columbia University will be home to a second BioBus: an Airstream trailer, fully equipped with state-of-the-art scientific tools, that will serve as a scientific ambassador to the Zuckerman Institute's neighbors.
Should he become a candidate, Biden is prepared to become part of that debate, building on the record of the Obama presidency.
Almost from the minute she got to the Senate, Carnahan began raising millions of dollars in campaign cash, and her top priority was building a record she could run on.
In 2007, he bought an office building on Fifth Avenue for a record $1.8bn.
