An Olympian injustice: on no evidence, the media went into a frenzy over Richard Jewell
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The nightmare for Jewell started in July 1996 when a bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA. He was the security guard who called attention to a mysterious package. The full glare of the media focused on him as though it were a lynch mob, when he became a suspect.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1996
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Fishy fabric
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Jeff Erexson was able to process fish skins into marketable leather products after years of research. Although the price is rendered expensive due to its complicated manufacturing process, designers and manufacturers find the singular design and novelty of the leather appealing.
Publication Name: Buzzworm
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0898-2996
Year: 1993
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Mullah moolah
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The northern region of Afghanistan may have no formal finance sector, but there is a thriving money-changing trade. Afghanistan has no central bank or formal international trade, and there are two versions of the local currency.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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