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...decision day approaches, Chicago is covered in Olympic hype. Banners are draped around downtown, and Olympic athletes are even delivering prerecorded pro-bid messages on Chicago's buses. But overall, support for the effort has slipped: just 47% of residents favor hosting the Games, according to a poll taken in late August, compared with 61% in February. (See highs and lows from the 2008 Beijing Games...
...perplexed to discover that she has become a ghost. "What am I supposed to be learning from the spiritual equivalent of house arrest?" she wonders. "Is this an oversight on the part of the celestial authorities?" She can't leave the apartment, though she can, with great effort, nudge physical objects. (Thus vindicating the "noetic science" of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol...
...Right now, our strengths are that we’re pretty balanced as a team, we’re solid in every unit,” Murphy said. “And right now, effort. We’re doing a great job with effort...
...Rogers’ game-winning goal was hardly a solo effort. Senior Adam Rousmaniere and co-captain Andre Akpan combined on the assist, with help from classmate and co-captain Brian Grimm at midfield. The senior triumvirate was able to thwart the Yale defense, culminating in a pass to Rogers at the left post that allowed the freshman to seal the Crimson’s fate...
...interview with the Crimson, Reardon denied that the event was a fundraising effort in response to the economic downturn...