Summer Olympian

The Chinese have built some of the most unique architecture to ever serve as an Olympic venue. Associated Press reporter Jason Bronis takes a tour.

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Last Tuesday the United States Olympic Committee brought in Chinese cultural experts to speak to about 35 athletes. Their message: “Be good ambassadors. Don’t do anything that would offend.” Our first thought was what did they really learn? We love learning what’s…

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Did you spring for that 46” high-definition plasma or LCD extravaganza of a TV for Christmas this year? Maybe you balked but then realized you just had to have it for the Super Bowl? Or maybe you were a savvy buyer and held…

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Crop circles, six amnesiacs, lost goggles, Esperanto tattoos, a brooding historian, complicated plots, and an ancient codex. Is it an X-Files episode, a disturbing dream of self analysis, a Thanksgiving in Iowa City, the plot for the next Bourne…

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It didn’t take long for the unconventional “action sports” like half-pipe snowboarding and snowboard-cross to become winter Olympics favorites outshining their more staid downhill skiing cousins. This year the first X-Games-worthy discipline will make its debut in the summer Olympics: BMX racing. What’s…

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Ever wonder what Harvard University thinks about the Beijing Olympics? You mean that angle never even crossed your mind? Well we wondered and thankfully last Saturday the Harvard Graduate School of Public Design held a day-long symposium…

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