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From: The Economist (US)
Date: 19931127
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Tourist attractions in Waco, TX, range from the Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Library at Baylor University to site of the burned-out site of David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound. Tourists from all over the world have visited the site.

THE people in the tourist office in Waco, Texas, are keen to let you know that their city is a cultural place. And they do not mean merely the Texas Rangers museum, the Dr Pepper museum and the many Baptist churches. For Waco also includes a splendid surprise: a library, part of Waco's Baylor University, devoted to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett ...

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