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...blistering finish. The controversy over blood doping will be forgotten. But that victory tour of the massive stadium will remain in my mind, not because of the uproar raised by Puma and Adidas over Viren's "blatantly commercial" display of his shoes, but because of the spontaneous surge of nationalist feeling by flag waving, chanting Finns for their tired hero. The only reason that this 27-minute-plus, 25-lap race held my interest for as long as it did, and I was captivated for the last 10 laps, was the chants of "Viren, Viren" and the swelling roar...
...went to Montreal favoring those who proposed the end of all nationalist sentiment in order for the Olympic spirit to survive, even if it meant eliminating team sports which seemed to be especially conducive to demonstrations of chauvinism. It was naive to think that you can just turn off expressions of nationalism and, once in Montreal, it became evident that the culture and identity of participant nations is a part of the games. I have realized since that much of the excitement and pomp of the Olympics would be missing without individual nation's support for their athletes...
...order to return the Olympics as much as possible to sports, Olympic committees and other influential organizations must not confuse nationalist spirit with national pride. For example: In the last week there have been proposals, most notably by men's track and field coach Dr. Leroy Walker, to create national teams in Olympic sports, based on programs established in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) which increased that nation's medal output. Walker suggested that athletes be picked two years before Olympiads and undergo rigorous training supervised by the team coaches. This might lead to a few more medals...
...China, he joined forces in 1928 with Mao Tse-tung, who was organizing the Red Fourth Army. Chu Teh led the 6,000-mile Long March to Shensi province to avoid destruction by Chiang Kai-shek and was Mao's field commander in the successful struggle against the Nationalist armies in 1946-49. A political moderate, during the 1966-67 Great Cultural Proletarian Revolution Chu Teh was attacked as a "big ruffian." He was titular head of state for the past 19 months and received China's foreign visitors after Mao's health failed last month...
...black nationalist pressure on neighboring Rhodesia mounted, Vorster began tightening the screws on the government of Prime Minister Ian Smith, now almost totally dependent on South Africa for military help and an outlet to the sea. Last year Vorster withdrew a paramilitary South African police force from Rhodesia. Vorster left South African helicopters behind in Rhodesia and continued to provide arms and ammunition, but he made sure Smith realized that the supply could stop suddenly unless he negotiated seriously with moderate black politicians...