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...been rather quiet. None of my fellow seniors seems terribly upset by Greenspan's selection. No one denies that Greenspan is one of the most powerful people in the world today. (In a previous column, I compared his influence to that of International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, well before Greenspan's selection was announced.) But no one seems terribly excited to hear Greenspan either. This is worrisome, given that the audience at the address-technically separate from Commencement exercises and instead the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association--is notoriously sparse, much like...
JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH Embattled Olympic Committee prez wins vote of confidence--and Don King wasn't even involved...
...voted to expel six members implicated in the taking of hundreds of thousands of dollars in graft during the site selection process for the 2002 games. At the same time, the committee overwhelmingly voted to express its confidence in the leadership of its embarrassed and embattled president, Juan Antonio Samaranch. The votes were expected, says TIME assistant managing editor Howard Chua-Eoan:"The committee knew it had to do something, but it still wanted to express confidence in its leader...
...Samaranch is hardly free from being influential. He is one of the few individuals in the world (perhaps along with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan) who can determine the entire fate of economies with a few choice words. A man so influential and powerful cannot be accepting a $16,000 Samurai sword from Nagano or a $300,000 international peace prize from Olympic affiliates in Seoul. And he cannot do so without expecting the IOC rank-and-file to follow his example. The Barcelona gentleman should do what many have been calling on him to do: step down...
...most despicable thing about Mr. Samaranch and Olympic leaders is that they have enjoyed their extravagant lifestyle behind the facade of the "Olympic movement" and the purity of sport. The reality is that, at the premier level, there is no more purity in sport. Athleticism and competition have taken a back seat to money and entertainment. And someday soon, our beloved institutions of sport may go the way of the ancient Greeks...