Damien Hirst's sheep in formaldehyde won in 1995, Chris Ofili's cow-dung paintings took the prize in 1998 and Tracey Emin's unmade bed made last year's shortlist.

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Dr Wasser's detective work started with elephant dung.

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While Hagel and Dung knew of each other's service in Vietnam, they had never met.

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Ms. HU DUNG LEE (Ping Pong Player): (Through translator) It's our national sport.

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The whole dung heap of defeatism and stagnation, from Galbraith to Samuelson, Solow and Thurow--it's all there, summed up in 176 pages!

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