'Olympic' event has air of convention
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After bidding farewell to the Democrats, the area is playing host to another major event: The Olympics. Not the Olympics. The Jewish Olympics.
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Athens is slowly warming to the idea of hosting the Paralympics after at first trying to get out of staging the event. Soon after Sydney had hosted the 2000 Olympics and Paralympics, the Athens 2004 organising
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CHENGDU, China - Americans get up for the big events - the Olympics, for instance, or the Super Bowl.
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The Evening Standard reports that London will use television coverage from Mondayâs parade of Olympians to convince Olympic leaders of Britainâs enthusiasm to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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Dude, those Lords of the Rings are off the hook! Skateboarding may well be added to the Olympic menu for 2012 as part of the International Olympic Committee's push to make the Games more attractive to the X Games crowd.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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LIKE a rank outsider, Athens has surprised the pundits by hosting an Olympic Games that has run with the mathematical precision mastered by the ancient Greeks.
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By Ingrid Stegemoeller, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep.
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Qingdao city raised the curtain on China's largest-ever regatta with a display of pomp and glitz worthy of an Olympic ceremony, foreshadowing what may come at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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Gamer's expo draws players from all over and a mix of vendor exhibitors.
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ATHENS -- In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country's new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic record, wins a gold medal, and lifts the emotions of an entire nation.
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Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate  for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity  to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in  Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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Midway through the race between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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ATHENS -- The place was ready for a party. Prohibitive underdog Greece had its fans waving the blue-and-white flag and chanting &quot;Hellas&quot; at every opportunity when they weren't booing the United States.
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ATHENS - The spectacle and drama of the Olympics enthralled billions. Television paid handsomely to show it and sponsors spent fortunes to bathe in its reflected glory.
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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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ATHENS, Greece  Their own country has a hard time celebrating a silver medal. If it isn&#39;t gold, it&#39;s symbolic of second place or third place, and that&#39;s just not the American way when it comes to the Olympic Games.