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Article: Pins as good as gold ; Trading the mementos, an Olympic tradition, attracts an enthusiastic following among the Chinese people.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- August 20, 2008
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MIKE LOWE By MIKE LOWE Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
08-20-2008
Pins as good as gold ; Trading the mementos, an Olympic tradition, attracts an enthusiastic following among the Chinese people.
Byline: MIKE LOWE By MIKE LOWE Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Front
Type: Cover Story
BEIJING --
"Please, may I look?"
"Would you like this one for that one?"
Ah, the Olympic pin.
Before I left Maine for the Olympics, Joan Benoit Samuelson had one piece of advice: "Get some pins to trade."
Little did I know what that would lead to.
For five days I walked around this city of 17 million in anonymity. Nobody looked at me. Then I got a couple of pins and everyone became my friend.
The ...