That - well, that's a - it's great story, but you realize you're competing with David Halberstam and Fred Rogers.

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Sarah Corbett, Fred D'Aguiar, David Harsent, Jackie Kay, Glyn Maxwell, Paul Muldoon, Ruth Padel, Jo Shapcott and Ken Smith are also on the shortlist.

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Then in October 1999 he heard from his old lieutenant David Jessick , the former vice president of Fred Meyer.

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David caves to Goliath, Richard Branson to British Airways, Fred Smith to the U.S. Postal Service.

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But it is still far superior than what Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, the owners of the financially troubled New York Mets, look to be getting from David Einhorn.

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