Stale memories of Athens
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There will be many lingering memories from these Athens Olympics, not least of which will be every detail of the in-venue catering, a tawdry little collection of the stewed, the strange and
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ATHENS - They weren&#39;t our own tarnished heroes this time, they were bad actors in an overwritten Greek tragedy. But outside the Athens Hilton yesterday morning off the downtown boulevard called Vasillias Sofia, the scene was all too familiar. So were the ...
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What if the Olympic Games --started here 2,780 years ago, right in this fertile, ancient town in the western Peloponnesus some 200 miles from Athens -- really mean something? ...
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ATHENS, Greece - The place and the opponent don't really matter. This U.S...
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Experts recommend that the traffic control measures taken during last month&#39;s Olympic Summer Games and the current Paralympics should be kept in Athens permanently, as they
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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ATHENS -- Evita Agiasoteli has been counting Greece's Olympic medals. Each one comes with a celebration from the boy next door, who likes to run through their neighborhood in the northern Athenian suburb of Nea Ionia yelling &quot;Hellas!&quot; with each gold. Other neighbors often leave their evening yogurts unfinished so they can join the boy's victory cheer.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Wherever they can, the Greeks seek to incorporate some customs and traditions of the original Olympics.
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ATHENS  Five days after the Olympics returned to the home that was so desperate to receive them, a peaceful and promising beginning has been marred by one ever-present image: empty seats.
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Doesn&#39;t it seem as though Michael Phelps just got out of the pool at the Olympics in Athens? He has barely had enough time to dry off, let alone spend any quality time at his usual haunts in suburban Baltimore
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ATHENS, Aug 10 (IPS) - -The scorching sun of Athens would suggest this   might be more the place to think global warming than Salt Lake  City where  the winter Olympics of 2002 were held. It has turned  out to be just the  other way round.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Massive fires consuming large areas of southern Greece for a third day raced toward the site of the ancient Olympics on Sunday, engulfing villages and forests as the flames reached one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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The heady days of the Athens Games are over. Colorful banners have been pulled down and stadiums built in a rush of last-minute construction lay empty. Now Greeks are bracing for the Olympic-sized bill.
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The Greek press is in raptures following the opening ceremony for the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS - The Olympic oracles had long prophesied doom for the Summer Games&#39; Greek homecoming. Unfinished venues. Lax security.
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&quot;It&#39;s sad,&quot; the British visitor to Athens said, shaking her head. &quot;It&#39;s sad that nobody is here, buying tickets to the Olympics. People should be out there telling people that Athens is great. It&#39;s a great experience.&quot; ...
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ATHENS, Greece -- Just so you know, my first Olympic moment wasn&#39;t my best -- it was my worst. It wasn&#39;t the food on my flight from New York to Athens on Aug. 8. It was watching Adam Sandler in &quot;51 Dates&quot; with Greek subtitles.