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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20080509
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Byline: Ephraim Hardcastle

BBC2's The Apprentice contestant Michael Sophocles almost came to asticky end when Sir Alan Sugar discovered he did not know the differencebetween Kosher and Halal meat, although his CV boasts: 'I am a good Jewishboy.' One of Sir Alan's cronies observed that the Classics degree at EdinburghUniversity taken by Sophocles 'isn't what it used to be'. An Edinburgh Classicsprofessor protests: 'Let's just say Michael wasn't a star. His big ambition wasto become an actor and he was probably absent the day we covered dietarylegislation.'

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