Keepers of the cloth cap

Article Abstract:

British Labour Party leader John Smith's modernization plans to make the party electable will meet stiff resistance from his constituents in the Monklands District in Scotland. They are used to high spending and buying votes with jobs for friends and family.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
Political activity, Scotland, Political aspects, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Smith, John (British politician)

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Not so green green-keepers

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The government of Barbados is considering the conversion of farmlands into ten golf courses. The sugar plantations of Barbados have become largely unprofitable, while golf courses attract hotels and other profitable business ventures.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
Golf courses, Plantations, Barbados

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Keepers of the (red) flame

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Booksellers who sell mainly books on communism and marxism are having twin problems. With the demise of the Soviet Union, stock is hard to replenish, and interest in communist literature is on the wane.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
Supply and demand, Booksellers, Bookstores, Socialism, Literature, Bibliography, Communism, Socialism and literature

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