Clarke is among the top rank of current Scots comedians, but Hall finds the material is "familiar terrain" and uses the term "robo-comedian" though he insists it would be unfair to actually call him that.
Across the country, graduate schools have seen a rise in applications during the recession and, according to the N.F.L. and George Washington officials, that trend may be spilling over into the ranks of current and retired professional athletes.
Under pressure by Gov. Jon S. Corzine and other Democratic leaders in New Jersey, two assemblymen, the highest ranking of 11 current or former public officials charged with taking bribes in a federal sting investigation, signaled yesterday that they would resign from the Legislature tomorrow.
A quick technical note before you dive in: Unsurprisingly, the authors found that the ranking of your current university is important.
But the Belgian, 24, is ranked ahead of current Balon d'Or holder Cristiano Ronaldo, who is fourth, with a current market value of €130.5million £95.77mm), according to football think-tank the CIES Football Observatory.
Ranked ahead of current box-office draws Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp, and just behind Denzel and Clint at the top of the heap, we find John Wayne.
Wolfowitz was the leading neoconservative thinker in the senior ranks of the current Bush Administration.
Purveyors of these stunts are irresponsible, manipulative and, sadly, ever-present – even among the ranks of our current elected officials.
She joined the corporation in 1979 as a news trainee and rose through the ranks of the current affairs department, working on Newsnight, Panorama and 60 Minutes.
