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...Turkey, where close trading is a centuries-old art imbibed with mother's milk, the No. 1 mule trader is squat, swarthy Mahmout Safyurtlu. Last year, when Mahmout heard that EGA would pay for several thousand mules for Greece, he perked up his ears. Mahmout scurried to Athens, where he learned that the mules must be small, strong, good at climbing hills, not less than three years old, not more than nine, and 80% of them younger than seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Mahmout's Mules | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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