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Vancouver: a good-luck city

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Vancouver is steadily transforming into a metropolis of varied cultures. Since 1792, when Capt George Vancouver entered the area, people of mixed orientations have been migrating. Gold prospectors and loggers have been replaced by Asian immigrants who are making a mark in the city's history.

Author: Ward, Andrew
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1993
Social aspects, Emigration and immigration, Vancouver, British Columbia

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What's wrong with 'good' government

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Former Citizen's Against Government Waste Pres Alan L. Keyes stated that decent government officials is not sufficient. The public must also remain vigilant to guard against government excesses.

Publisher: The American Legion
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 1993
Evaluation, Interview, National government, Keyes, Alan, Federal government

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It's good to be the emperor

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Michel David-Weill runs Lazard Freres and Co., an international investment bank that has been in his family for 140 years. He has become one of the most powerful and richest men in France.

Author: Andrews, Suzanna
Publisher: Fairchild Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: M Inc.
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0746-5076
Year: 1991
Security brokers and dealers, Management, Investment banks, Lazard Freres & Company L.L.C., David-Weill, Michel

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