Word: olympicsized
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"Yeah," says his buddy. "I hear the bars close at 11!" How can you hold an Olympics in such circumstances?
What wasn't presaged by even the most knowing, most inside, most keen-nosed Olympics hound was that, more than three years before any torch lighting, the head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee--a fine Mormon he was--would be brought down by a spousal-abuse charge, and his...
"People are saying, 'How could it happen here, with our high moral standards?'" echoed Corradini, who had lobbied hard and glamorously for the Olympics, and had joyously accepted the five-ring flag during closing ceremonies at last year's Games in Nagano, Japan. "It has tarnished our reputation." Hers, not...
There's no doubt that reform is needed. In September the Swiss senate granted the I.O.C. a tax abatement worth $1.5 million for "public service to Switzerland"--a country seeking the 2006 Winter Olympics for its mountain resort Sion. The lower house of parliament has yet to approve the windfall...
So far, Sion is the front runner for the 20th Winter Olympics.