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1950:'The Trap', by J. Goldsmith (Pub. Carroll & Graf, 1994).
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1987:, obituary for James Goldsmith, 21 July 1997.
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1524:Otto Friedrich (23 November 1987).
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1450:"Sir James Goldsmith"
1295:Paris: Fixot (1993).
1179:UK Independence Party
1161:UK Independence Party
1151:, against the former
1145:1997 general election
1001:In 1994 he published
812:Goldsmith retired to
780:market capitalisation
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515:Grand Duke of Tuscany
2391:British billionaires
1663:. pp. 132–141.
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1174:The Referendum Party
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1024:Classical Liberalism
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203:Movement for France
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2347:, 23 November 1987
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2173:Geoffrey Wansell,
2155:Lot 21, Christie's
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1026:, and a return to
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1694:on 28 August 2007
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