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...people interested," says Roberto Grissiotto, a Torino sales manager for an auto-safety manufacturer. This, added to a general Italian nonchalance, may help explain the lukewarm start to ticket sales: some 30% of the 1 million tickets were still available a week before the torch was to be lit. The city has had to tap public utility sponsors and hold a special national lottery to make up a $77 million shortfall resulting from cost overruns and lower-than-expected government aid in the $1.4 billion operating budget. Security alone is expected to cost more than $120 million to forestall terrorism...
...Follow the Olympic Flame http://www2.fiammaolimpica.it/ Stalk the Olympic flame! With this cool site, you can follow the torch as it travels through Italy en route to the opening ceremony of the Torino games. And if you're an Italian resident, you can even use this site to sign up to be a torchbearer...
...enter 2006 with hope and optimism, instead of succumbing to their tempting counterparts, doubt and cynicism. Because, as the Olympics remind us, for every Hitler, there is a Jesse Owens. For every deranged lunatic detonating a bomb in Atlanta, there is a Muhammad Ali gamely lifting a torch to light the symbolic flame. And for every Black September, there’s a Caitlin Cahow, promising a bright February.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu
...from three and averaging 13 points per game, ninth best among Patriot players. Jon Simon rounds out the three guard lineup, pouring in eight points a game, much of which derives from his tremendous accuracy from the line (84 percent on the season).Reed, Roemer, and Simon combined to torch the Crimson for 57 points on 19-of-31 shooting. Simon went 9-for-11 from the line during the contest and hit a three-pointer with seven seconds left to force overtime.“Roemer was a freshman last year, and he kind of snuck...
...drizzly Tuesday night, and six armed police are manning a checkpoint on one of the main access roads into seaside Cronulla, in Sydney's south. It works like this: an officer waves approaching cars to the side of the road, where an expressionless colleague with a torch takes over: "Hi. How are you? Where are you going?" There's a brief exchange, a license checked, whereupon the driver's either waved on or turned back. Nearly everyone is good-humored?some are clearly pleased to see the police out in force. But the officers are on edge...