Word: olav
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cease and desist" from harassing small companies that were clearly not hurting the licensing efforts. O.C.O. has taken added lumps over public suspicions that it is elitist -- giving sponsors & preferential treatment on tickets and accommodations, being more interested in playing host to such visiting royalty as Norway's King Olav, Spain's Juan Carlos and Monaco's Prince Rainier than it is in the people of the host city. "I hope the Games do show a profit," says Reg Brown, 44, a rancher outside Calgary. "But I'll be interested in seeing how much of that profit goes toward helping...
...platform suddenly tilted about 45 degrees, and everybody was thrown back against a wall," said Olav Skotheim, 41, one of the survivors, who was in the movie theater at the time. "There were about 60 of us in there. We all started scrambling for the exits as the lights went out." Also in the theater was Briton Tony Silvester, 31, who described the scene as one of "complete chaos, with oxygen bottles flying all over the place. Nobody knew what to do. Suddenly she toppled over and I was thrown into the sea." Both men swam to safety. Less fortunate...