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...South Korea had just finished first in the 1,500-m race, only an hour after the Korean women's relay team won gold in the 3,000-m on the same ice. It looked like a great night for South Korea. A jubilant Kim grabbed a Korean flag and began a victory lap. But his celebration was stopped short when the referees announced that the Korean skater was disqualified for "cross-tracking," claiming that he had blocked American Apolo Anton Ohno when he attempted to pass Kim in the final few meters of the race. In fury, Kim tossed...
...where a vendor who usually sells parakeets and potted flowers now offers more contemporary ware?a ceramic model of the Twin Towers spouting flames and another of Osama bin Laden gripping a Kalashnikov. But he sells another sentiment as well. "Are you American?" he asks. "I've got your flag, too." Sure enough, he points to Old Glory hanging next to a mask of bin Laden with blood streaming from a bullet hole in his forehead...
...riding on DoCoMo's global ambitions. "Our mobile-phone technology is ahead of the rest of the world?for now," says Hiroyuki Arai, a member of Japan's Diet and director of the parliament's telecom policymaking committee. "DoCoMo is our flag bearer. If the company takes its time getting into the global arena, we will lose our lead to American or other foreign companies. Without that kind of commitment from Japanese companies, our economy will never recover." That's drama a mere television show will be hard-pressed to match...
...watching the Olympics is when I’ve let myself imagine what it would be like to hear the national anthem played in front of a stadium full of people. The athletes deserve our thanks, not only for carrying the remains of a tattered World Trade Center flag but also for bringing out the best of America, for example Vonetta Flowers becoming the first black woman to win a gold in the winter games...
Rumors abounded after the game on several fronts. One was that the U.S. team was far more affected by the flu then it publicly revealed itself to be. Another was that the U.S. team trampled on a Canadian flag before the game. The latter, in particular, has been harshly denied...