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...should be envious too, and a little embarrassed. The sole vice-presidential debate of the 2000 presidential election was a cleanser of the political palate for any voter who watched it. And if Al Gore really has irrevocably expanded the role of the vice president in governing America, that torch will be well carried no matter who is the victor in November...
...Then what? Well, the torch came to town. Over months, it had wound its way from Australia's most ancient icon, that sandstone monolith known as Uluru - it used to be called Ayers Rock - to its most modern, the Opera House here in Sydney. On the afternoon it was going to arrive at the harbor, I was walking around at Circular Quay. Two Aboriginal homeless people had already taken up positions on a bench. They were sitting in the shadow of this immense ocean liner out of Nassau called the Crystal Harmony, a big boat full of titans with tickets...
...Then there was the thrilling, surprising choice of Cathy Freeman to light the flame. A champion, an Aboriginal, a standing Olympian, skinny little Cathy Freeman accepted the torch from a relay of six past Australian female medals-winners on the centennial of women competing in the Games. A lot of different circles were rounded off that night. Freeman stepped lightly into the water, and built a wall of flame around her. As the cauldron rose, the stadium was reverently quiet. Then Freeman walked out of the waterfall, and the crowd gave her this fervent, earnest, "Good on yer, Cathy...
...tenfold) when NBC returns to Athens in 2004. The halcyon days when results were padlocked by a benign media dictatorship are over, thankfully. NBC's real problem is believing that its ratings have nothing to do with the quality of its broadcasts. If it wants to relight its ratings torch in 2004, here are a few suggestions...
...Australians everywhere exhibited their enthusiasm for a new Olympic ritual: Mooning the Torch...