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Edition number counted from The World in 1987 = 1. Publication month not confirmed; year only. The reprint is The Economist's own web copy of the original article.
The second event will be the publication of a new Bond novel, “Devil May Care”, on May 28th.
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We said the OPEC cartel would aim to keep oil prices in the lofty range of $60-80 a barrel
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We thought that Romano Prodi would probably see out the year as prime minister of Italy
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that Canada would pull its troops out of Afghanistan's Kandahar province
that Ken Livingstone would be re-elected as mayor of London
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Oh, and we expected that by now Hillary Clinton would be heading for the White House.
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In politics, as expected, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero won a second term in Spain.
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And we forecast that China would for the first time overtake the United States in the gold-medal table, with Russia in third place.
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