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...problems, including a nearly total lack of snowfall, the village of Lake Placid is ready for its winter carnival. Unlike some Olympic cities, where carpenters were still sawing and hammering away even as athletes started to arrive, all the Lake Placid venues are prepared and waiting for competition. "It may sound dramatic," one resident said on the eve of the opening ceremonies, "but let the Games begin...
...latest in pinball machines and electronic games does a brisk business. TILT is an international language. A disco with ear-numbing banks of speakers and flashing lights is in full shriek at night. In the main courtyard of the Olympic Village, the flags of the I.O.C., the Lake Placid symbol and the 37 countries represented at the Winter Games, snap in the wind against a winter sky. Below, athletes hurry to practice sessions...
...slopes and in the rinks, there is certain to be at least one world record broken before the closing ceremonies: more will be written, broadcast and photographed during these Winter Games than during any others in history. More journalists will be in residence-and in competition-at Lake Placid than athletes...
...accommodate newsmen, classes at Lake Placid High School were suspended in late January so that a press center could be installed in its classrooms, auditorium and gymnasium. Computer terminals will provide biographical information around the clock on every athlete competing in the Games...
...into the Adirondack village that had the gumption to become the host for the Games. Far up on Whiteface Mountain, growling Sno-Cats groomed the courses that will test the finest skiers in the world, while speed skaters glided across a shining oval of ice in front of Lake Placid High School. It could be-it should be-a glorious Winter Olympics...