At Least the Greeks Are Happy
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Dawid Krupa was not going to win the men&#39;s Olympic road race. The Polish cyclist was just trying to finish the 139.4-mile marathon, something scores of other riders failed to do last
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European champions Greece have proved that the US National Basketball Association players still have some work to do before they can claim they are the best in the world.
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Three thousand years after their time, the original Greek Games are still easy to envision. Laurel crowns, sleek athletes and awed crowds, bathed in invocations of honor and excellence.
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With little fanfare, Greece has become one of Europe's best-performing economies and stock markets.
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It was hard to find anything amiss or out of place. That's the way things generally go on media day. There are smiles all around. Optimism oozes. It's that way from Atlanta to Seattle and everywhere in between.
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The city's dominance in football, baseball, and basketball has fans in a rare feel-good mood.
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Â¶The very pleasant Games most people experienced, superimposed on one of the world&#39;s historic cities. Â¶The very expensive Games that Greeks will have to underwrite for decades.
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Greece was plunged in national  self-satisfaction on Tuesday after its synchronized divers won  the host nation's first gold medal of the Athens Olympics.
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The Greek capital allayed all fears of a city not ready for the 28th Olympiad.
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The Olympic Games are a week old! Not bad for an event first recorded in 776 BC. The Games have so far gone much better than anyone really expected.
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HERAKLIO, Greece -- It&#39;s almost as though their careers are intertwined, one just beginning, the other only a gold-medal match away from retirement.
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The world sighed with relief when Greeks kept their promise to deliver some of the world&#39;s finest sports venues in time for the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS - Greece woke up to the Olympics last night, the spirit as it swayed to the music of Zorba&#39;s Dance in the Olympic Stadium so infectious, so tantalizing that the finalists in the 100 meters joined in, acting more like dancers than runners minutes
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The Greek faithful came to see if their 35-year-old star of Olympics past could give them one last thrill. They left having witnessed the new breed of lifting.
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The Athens Olympics have proved a "great  success" giving Greeks fresh confidence and energy, Athens  mayor Dora Bakoyannis said on Friday.
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FOR most spectators in the Olympic stadium, the lavish closing ceremony in Athens last night was a chance to revel in the self-congratulation and relief that traditionally comprise end-of-games euphoria.
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Encouraged by worldwide praises for its successful hosting of the Olympic Games, self-confident Greeks are expecting a big boom in foreign investment in the post-Olympic era.