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...wait on events while the dangers gather," he said. "I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons." He drew a rousing cheer from the crowd; but as people caught their breath, they had to wonder precisely what Bush had in mind...
...then there is the host-country code of conduct and the debate over just how red-white-and-blue the Games should be. It's great to cheer the home team, but the Olympics is meant to celebrate the international community. "To ask people to love one another is merely a form of childishness," said Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Games. "To ask them to respect each other is not utopian, but in order to respect each other they must first know each other." For all the talk of Patriot Games, the hope is that Americans will...
...competition? Will Apolo Anton Ohno sweep all his races? Will Picabo Street withstand one last downhill dash? A few months ago, how much would we have cared? It is a pleasure now to pull up a chair and give these athletes our full attention, to savor their fervor and cheer them...
...there’s just something about mass nudity of non-porn stars that lacks je ne sais quoi). Just up the Red Line, Tufts students participate in an event similar to Primal Scream. Every fall on the Sunday before reading period, students gather on the Tufts quad to cheer on fellow student streakers. The undergraduates are often joined by townies who bring video cameras to commemorate the event. “There are hundreds of people that do it,” says Jeffrey J. Fox, a Tufts junior. “It’s a great, drunken...
When Chu’s family members (including her hockey-crazed grandmother) travel to Utah, they will bring more than posters and pompoms to cheer her on. The Chus all now sport tattoos, a permanent emblem of their enthusiasm and support. “They got the Olympic rings in color, and the number 13, which is my number,” Chu says...