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...Quayle stepped to the podium, a band played the song "Shout," made famous by the Blues Brothers...
Bush declared his trip to Houston a return to his hometown. As he approached the podium, strains of "Deep in the Heart of Texas" poured over the loudspeakers while Houston Oilers cheerleaders waved their pom-poms frantically...
...waiting for several hours to gambol in the limelight. Gore, fast becoming the Ed McMahon of political warm-up acts, gave his patter- perfect introduction, complete with the mawkish reminder that Clinton's father died three months before Clinton was born. Then Clinton clambered up onto the small outdoor podium for a quick rendition of his stump speech. Knowing all too well how easily this political magic can fade, he tried to inoculate himself by warning, "In the next 88 days, those Republicans will try to scare you to death. Clinton and Gore -- those young fellows -- will go hog wild...
...individual medley, plus a possible relay. She is likely to win only twice -- teammate Crissy Ahmann-Leighton is the fastest active 100-m butterflyer in the world, and Sanders tends to lose rhythm in the final freestyle laps of the medleys -- yet she could be somewhere on the victory podium five times...
...only ones experiencing a revelation: fans will too. The old-style Games, in which a collection of the mostly unheralded and unpaid would suddenly achieve the glory of champions, are utterly gone. Sure, the unsung heroes of team handball will still have their moment on the podium. And a modestly compensated athlete with little chance of a medal, such as U.S. table-tennis player Sean O'Neill, will nonetheless bask in the chance to compete...