Deja vu all over again: the Booker literary prize
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British bookie William Hill has put out odds on who might win the prestigious Booker literary prize for novelists on Oct 29, 1996. The nominees are Margaret Atwood, Beryl Bainbridge, Graham Swift, Rohinton Mistry, Shena Mackey and Seamus Deane.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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Life on China's edge
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Ruili is a seedy Chinese town on the Myanmar border that is booming with trade in jade and jewels, guns, heroin and prostitution. Crime and HIV infection are high, but the city seems progressive and safe to many Myanmarans.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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