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...Atlanta ready? One of the more vexing problems here is the weather, which tends toward the brutal in July and August. At the U.S. Olympic track-and-field trials in June, the mercury rose to a muggy 100[degrees] in the stands and 112[degrees] on the track itself. Even though the seats were three-fourths empty during the week, more than 100 spectators and athletes had to be treated for heat distress. For the athletes, A.C.O.G. plans to have more shade and hydration stations at Olympic Stadium than USA Track & Field did. For spectators inside the central core...
...first Games in Athens, the artifacts can do a better job of transporting you to the Olympics than, say, the mountain-biking simulation. The museum pieces are not only keepsakes of the Games' history, but also reminders that this city has been handed a glorious legacy. They whisper to Atlanta, Don't blow...
...visit to Coca-Cola Olympic City 18 days before the opening ceremonies is any indication, Atlanta is at least ready to embrace the traditional Olympic spirit of commercialism, i.e., go for your gold. For an admission fee ($13 for adults, $8 for children), you can step into the world of corporate sponsorship: meet Olympians in the Reebok Athlete Center, take the kids to Ronald McDonald's SportsPlace, watch a Discovery Channel presentation of A World of Champions. You can refresh yourself with a cooling mist from the bottle caps of the giant Coca-Cola bottles scattered throughout the park--aesthetically...
...second great inspiration came the next day at his law office, when he realized to his surprise just what that Something Else was. "I went home that night," he says, "walked into the kitchen and said, 'How you doing, Martha? We're going to bring the Olympics to Atlanta...
...decade later, the prophet stands at the sixth-floor balcony outside his office at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (A.C.O.G.), surveying his sweltering promised land. To the north lie the new Olympic Village dorms and the aquatic center; right below him to the west is Centennial Olympic Park, swarming with scores of road-paving, tent-erecting workers frantically engaged in the last-second realization of his vision...