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...Beijing, not Paris, is thought to be the front-runner. In 1993, the Chinese lost the 2000 Games to Sydney by two votes in a surprising upset, and Beijingers think it's payback time. It may also be Asia's turn for the Games. Atlanta had them in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and they will be in Athens in 2004. China's case has support from influential I.O.C. members, including Samaranch, who believe that bringing the Games to China will foster the Olympic ideals of sportsmanship and fair play in the most populous country. "If the eyes of the world...
...announcement comes after controversy earlier this spring over Harvard’s $5 million investment in Boston afterschool programs. Cambridge officials were upset that the University did not offer a comparable investment in Cambridge schools...
...that Jeffords has upset the fragile ecology of the tundra, the Bush administration needs to lead itself to a period of introspection. There's a fatal pattern at work, and the election of 2002 is approaching at the speed of light. Unless the Bush people find a way to reverse an ancient pattern of complacent Republican navigation - the habit of running aground on the rocks of their own stupidity - then 2002 is going to be a disaster for them...
...were originally upset when Summers was appointed,” Thompson said. “There were all these nice articles about him, but the Native community was not consulted...
...Columbine. On hearing the news, Kinkel told a psychologist, "I flipped out, started blaming myself." According to a friend, the March school shooting in Santee also disturbed Kinkel. Victor Cordova, incarcerated in a juvenile-treatment facility in New Mexico for shooting a schoolmate in the head, was so upset by a TV report on the Santee case that he asked to be released from the requirement that residents watch the evening news each day. Brazill, the night of his conviction, couldn't stomach even an episode of Law & Order that featured a school shooting; he retreated from the common room...