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All Bets Are Off

Regular readers of this blog know that earlier this week I spent a couple of days in Hong Kong at the Olympic equestrian events. The Atlantic has just posted my dispatch from that trip, “All Bets Are Off,” along with a few photos. And for... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap

from Shanghai Scrap on Fri, Aug 15 2008

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