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Men in suits demand a deadly price

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Athletes John Kordic and Ben Johnson became victims by using steroids to enhance their physical abilities. The executives who run the athletic clubs are guilty of exploiting ordinary players with the deception that they can become skilled athletes with the use of drugs.

Health aspects, Drugs and athletes, Anabolic steroids

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Pearls of wisdom worth preserving

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Scores of memorable and humorous quotations from 1995 are recounted. The celebrities and politicians quoted include Mike Tyson, Frank Sinatra, Allan Rock, Henry Kissinger, Brian Tobin, Newt Gingrich, Hugh Grant, Lance Ito, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Princess Diana.

Politicians, Celebrities, Quotations

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They cheered, they wept, and they left

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There were many lavish parties and celebrations marking Hong Kong's transition to Chinese rule on Jul 1, 1997. Politicians attending included Margaret Thatcher, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Chinese foreign relations, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, British foreign relations, Hong Kong foreign relations, Hong Kong-China reunification question

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