THE saga of the Borders bookstore chain has entered a forlorn new chapter.

书店巨头BORDERS的故事已经进入了一凄凉的新篇章。

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This bookstore chain originates from Holland and has been around for a century.

这个连锁书店最早起源于荷兰，已经存在了一个世纪了。

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Her bookstore having been frozen out by a giant chain, the middleaged Lillian was at a loss as to what else she could do.

当连锁大书店的竞争逼得她的小书店歇业后，以届中年的莉莲不知道自己还能做些什么。

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In 2003, federal agents discovered "nearly two pounds of a cyanide compound and other chemicals that could create enough poisonous gas to kill everyone inside a space as large as a big-chain bookstore or a small-town civic center" at the home of Judith Bruey and her husband, William Krar, according to an Associated Press report.

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It would have combined the nation's largest book wholesaler with the largest bookstore chain.

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The bookstore chain pivoted to anointing liquidators as the opening bidders in the auction, set for Tuesday.

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