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...years before they begin, the 1996 Summer Olympics have their first winner: Atlanta. The International Olympic Committee voted last week in Tokyo to make the city site of the '96 Games. Athens was long considered the favorite by virtue of its claim that the 100th anniversary edition of the modern Games should take place in the nation where the Olympics were born. But most I.O.C. members succumbed to their misgivings about the Greek capital's pollution and potential safety problems. Atlanta promised smoother sailing, to say nothing of the likelihood of the kind of neat profit from commercial sponsorship perfected...
Harvard (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy) is attempting to extend its modest winning streak to five games, dating back to last year's Brown game--Restic's 100th career...
...there is a liveliness about the city, an authenticity as a national capital that somehow always eluded Saigon. May 19 marks the 100th birthday of Ho Chi Minh, the man who fought the Japanese, the French, the Americans and his own countrymen to win an independent, unified nation. For the past month, Hanoi has played host to thousands of visitors, foreign and Vietnamese alike, as they paid homage to the frail little man with a will of iron. The pilgrims move slowly past Ho's body lying on a glass-enclosed platform in the neo- Stalinist marble mausoleum, stopping only...
...weight of Vietnamese history indicates that the official is right. Nevertheless, there is more to celebrate in Vietnam than the 100th birthday of Ho Chi Minh. Vietnamese in the North and South alike are beginning to hope their country can transcend its old divisions and enter a new age of prosperity. In Hanoi, Nguyen Van Su, 75, sits in front of his sewing machine in his own little shop. Says he: "I remember when Ho Chi Minh declared independence. We all liked it. Now the government is calling for reform. I like that too. It's the direction the whole...
Current occupants of the building include the landmark Brattle Theater, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, and the Algiers Coffee House, a popular meeting place for students and city residents...