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Is That an Orange in Your Pocket?

Charles Oliver | 2.14.2005 12:00 AM

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Tennis player Dominik Hrbaty was fined $139 by New Zealand authorities for having two mandarin oranges in his pocket when he arrived in the country. He'd brought the fruit with him from Australia, not realizing it is illegal to bring them into the country.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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