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Shaking my head, 1 drove I‘ve always admired Americans for their love off, hoping that the precautions were a tad overzealous. of country, but the Olympics turn that patrioâ€" Obviously, they were not. » tism into a national travesty. How can anyone | _ Despite security that amounted to what TIME called "an have real admiration for those smug sneaker armed camp" â€" over 30,000 law enforcement officers and 11,000 salesmen known as the Dream Team? Or have Navonal Guard personnel, including 500 Delta Force and SEAL real affection for a wingnut like Carl Lewis? commandos ~ violence still managed to mar the Games. As sureâ€" Some Michigan centres also receive the CBC ly as the long shadow from the barbedâ€"wire wall cast darkness and heaven knows, some viewers who tuned over the hibreglass torch, the Otympic spirit had been subdued in to the Canadian version may question the by the shadow of terrorism. NBC interpretation which talked itself red, nc Flllccndayslflcr,ldmlhmud\mwk“lkdfl white and blue in the face. ohhertoptmngol(,znkmfll’fizficrd!twfcw Or as one review in the Detroit Free Press e mmguhcbypass.Iwaaggnoguouofmhuasanldys p.t'ldfi&qmwmmufi'pu possible. If someone was bombing venues, I didn‘t want to be medals. You may as well call it the America network. When uoundforlhcfmorks.&uz'mgll'uw‘h,lmpuzzbilohd dg,don\(m'n),iuflglbymwhavenm that the MARTA buses taking commuters to the Games were full, versy. as was Centennial Park, the radio reported, for the reopening, "They want to have something to talk about. They think Motoring ahead, I glanced out my window and locked eyes with Americans don‘t want to hear about some foreigner winning, lhflmdflvmglhtfllmlom.fi‘d!-lub Or if the American doesn‘t win a gold, there must be some }nndmnd-wyupduwmdowadu-havvwihh‘sfi'n reason. Looking straight at me, he mouthed the word "Peace" before he "Canadians (on TV) don‘t do that. Canadian TV? It‘s like _ turned off the highway, into the city, and disappeared. &:mdhmybfiu.lodua.b:fld:m' 1 r)wwamyaynwmw&hmsfllm.m But oh, so civilized! stranger showed another that the human spirit cannot be conâ€" Sticker Shock: A bumper sticker on a van at West Branch, tained, no matter how long or frightening the shadows. Mich.: "Impeach President Clinton â€" and Lets Get Rid of Her It didn‘t get any television coverage, but it was a powerful Husband Toan * ' t Aio n iai crepe ca ing in an spirit of peace and harmony. Shaking my head, 1 drove off, hoping that the precautions were a tad overzealous. Obviously, they were not. Despite security that amounted to what TIME called "an armed camp" â€" over 30,000 law enforcement officers and 11,000 Navonal Guard personnel, including 500 Delta Force and SEAL commandos ~ violence still managed to mar the Games. 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Turning, I found that the source of the shadow was indeed an enorâ€" from barbedâ€"wire that crowned the Tim Gardner (Sports Editor) Sick Call: It was a bit of a surprise to hear that nine Kâ€"W general surgeons with a bellicose warning to notential Americans take fun out of the Games The Fairway Gr 240 Holiday Inr = Cambridge, On. $ N3C 3X4 The Fairway Group Subscription rates 240 Holiday Inn Dr., Unit F ~$45 yearly in Canada. = Cambridge, On. $90 yearly outside Canada. $ N3C 3X4 +GST. & The views of our columnists are their and do Th sews of our columnists are their oun and do mot necessarily represent Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by mmafi&?@nmmm . r{:rurfl Baird 2 o oe Pmemeenen Once over LGny "Franidy, 1 don‘t care, he said. "The public ;m has been spoiled rotten. They have demanded service and service has always been there, but MTLY = | wey dont care about doctors." The public is spoiled rotten? 1 don‘t think so. 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