Lara

/ ˈlɑːrə /

noun

1. Brian Charles. born 1969,Trinidadian cricketer: scored 11,953 runs in 131 test matches (1990–2006) for the West Indies; holder of records for highest individual score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire, 1994) and for highest test innings (400 not out against England, 2004)

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Similar successes in later years of Priyanka Chopra, Diana Hayden and Lara Dutta have only reinforced the belief that beauty pageants can be a ticket to success, especially for young women in small-town India.

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Hanif became known as the 'Little Master' with a Test highest of 337 and a first-class best of 499 for Karachi, a world record total only since exceeded by Brian Lara.

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Last year, Lara enacted regulations that allow for the private computer models to be used in rate setting, but required that steps be taken to develop a public model since the programs insurers use employ propriety algorithms and data that limit knowledge of how they work.

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Now, current Commissioner Ricardo Lara wants to more tightly regulate the process and make it harder for so-called “intervenors” to get reimbursed for their work.

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“Lara has no reason to change the intervenor compensation standard except to get insurance companies unjustified rate hikes quicker and as revenge against his critics,” Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, said in a statement.

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