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Article: Opposition leader was high school dropout, triple jumper, carnival leader who promises to return Bahamas to the people
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- AP Worldstream
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- May 2, 2002
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Dateline: NASSAU, Bahamas
Opposition leader Perry Christie was a high school dropout and world-
class triple jumper who led a carnival band. Now, playing on his working-
class background, he promises to return the Bahamas to the people
if his party is elected Thursday.
Many thought Perry Gladstone Christie would follow in the footsteps
of his taxi driver father when he was dismissed from Government High