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Thanks to Robert Hughes for a beautiful and perceptive overview of his native Australia [SUMMER OLYMPICS, Sept. 11]. He may be pleased to know that some of us Americans are not misguided about Australia. Indeed, on our bad days, I wish that Americans would behave more like Australians. KRIS GALLAGHER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 2, 2000 | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

Because Sydney, as part of the bid that brought the Olympics to the most ridiculously located country in the world, promised to fly any athlete to the Games, Moussambani was able to get free airfare, housing at the Olympic Village and food at the cafeteria. This guy was my idol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic-Size Freeloading | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

While other journalists have been attending events and writing stories here in Sydney, I figured out what America really wants to know about the Olympics--as little as possible. So I focused on spending my time and expense account at restaurants, beaches, the zoo and even, by mistake, a museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic-Size Freeloading | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

You could call Girlfight a new kind of corny. But this isn't the heroic treacle of the NBC Olympics. Like the better indie films, Girlfight dares to play sentiment straight. It makes boxing a civilizing occupation; learning to do something well turns a girl with too much attitude into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Critique In Brief: An Indie Knockout | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

$600,000 Top price of an ad on NBC during prime-time Olympics coverage

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Oct. 2, 2000 | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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