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MARION Barry, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has put up $100,000 of his taxpayers’ money so the city can compete to host the next summer Olympics. Apparently he hopes to enter himself in the crack and field events.

This promises to be a most educational month or two in the international markets. What has gone on so far in Asia promises to be just a runup to the main events. Let’s take South Korea, whose economy is bigger than those of Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia put together.

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MARION Barry, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has put up $100,000 of his taxpayers’ money so the city can compete to host the next summer Olympics. Apparently he hopes to enter himself in the crack and field events.

This promises to be a most educational month or two in the international markets. What has gone on so far in Asia promises to be just a runup to the main events. Let’s take South Korea, whose economy is bigger than those of Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia put together.