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Jocky Wilson flew the flag that way for more than 15 years. (He sometimes did so literally, pushing his grinning way through the crowds with the Saltire clasped in one plump hand.) He became the first Scot to win the Embassy World Professional Championship in 1982, repeated the feat in 1989, and between 1979 and 1991 he always reached at least the quarter-finals.
ECONOMIST: Jocky Wilson, darts player, died on March 24th, aged 62
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The menu changed with his moods as much as the season: red peppers because they had shone at the morning market, sardines for their feel in his plump fingers, the first wild asparagus simply because it was there, and had to be celebrated with his customers.
ECONOMIST: Santi Santamar��a | The
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And they may even help another Arab-American: a forthcoming poll by John Zogby, James's brother, reckons one in six will plump for Ralph Nader.
ECONOMIST: Lexington