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...securing venues has meant that many of the 40 test events held to iron out wrinkles in the sporting facilities have been delayed. Some tests will now take place as late as May 2004, leaving just three months to make fixes. Building venues for the 28 sports - not to mention housing for 10,500 athletes, 21,000 journalists, 3,100 judges and officials - is only part of this massive exercise. Hundreds of thousands of fans, athletes, journalists, volunteers and staff have to be moved from place to place, and Athens - with its ancient, narrow, car-choked streets - is a transportation...
...Bush's position was based on policy, not politics, Rove promised, but the Congressmen didn't buy it. The Cuban-American lobby is key to Bush's hope of winning Florida in 2004, not to mention his brother's tough re-election bid in November to be the state's Governor. Says anti-embargo Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona: "Everyone recognizes there is a political element to this...
...argument would be moot if Early Decision were dropped in favor of Early Action, which serves students rather than colleges. Early Action usually gives students a response before the regular admissions cycle starts, affording students additional information about their chances of acceptance to other institutions—not to mention in many cases the security of being already accepted to one school. But until then, Princeton and Brown are making a difficult process even more painful for high school students...
...everybody’s information in here we played Brown three times that season, the last one coming in the semifinals of the national championship, but Digit failed to mention that,” Mleczko said drawing further laughter, which she followed up with a polite commentary on Murphy’s contributions to college hockey...
...religious hatreds, cricket has stood alone in its ability to unite people. For generations the game has acted as a meeting point for neighbors with little else to bring them together. "I would have trouble talking to an Indian about anything other than cricket," says Rashud. "If they mention partition the fists would soon start flying. But if they mention cricket we can talk for hours...