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...loophole and requiring criminal background checks for sales at gun shows. In addition to some minor changes in federal law, Bush claims that the stricter enforcement of current laws would reduce gun violence without any further infringement on the American people's basic freedom to own firearms. (An American flag flaps in the background, the national anthem swells and Bush smiles with boyish charm for the cameras...
There were so many once-in-a-lifetime sights at the opening ceremony: Rupert Murdoch wearing mittens on his hands, Bill Gates waving a paper American flag, children with lawn mowers drawing Olympic rings. But the highlight was the parade of nations--and their brave fashion statements...
...chance. "Don't forget to look for your audience leader," the crowd was told before proceedings began, "to know when exactly to take your cues." But in the ceremony's genuinely showstopping moments - as Meryl Tankard's aerial ballet turned the stadium into a giant fishbowl, as an Olympic flag unfurled from the one end of the stadium across the athletes like the spume of surf - the only appropriate response...
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Officials in Cuzco, Peru, want to furl their flag, saying it too closely resembles the gay-pride banner. They complain that some visiting dignitaries refused to be photographed near it. They have sympathizers at the University of Hawaii who recently punted their team name and symbol for the same reason. An H has replaced the rainbow on helmets, and the team, previously known as the Rainbow Warriors, will simply be called the Warriors...
...That's as it should be in the country that considers swimming its national sport. And that is why the Australian crowd this morning roared for all the racers - no matter the flag on their uniform - as they approached the finish. In the first heat, a Vietnamese woman trailed the field so badly the leaders were virtually out of the pool by the time she touched the wall - but she was brought home in that last 30 feet by an audience that adores athletic effort...