Opening Ceremonies

A Raging Case of Olympic Fever (Plus My Favorite Johnny Weir Quotes!)

Erica Boeke | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have Olympic Fever. I really do. Sure, others might call it a sinus infection, but I've got it bad. And it doesn't seem to be going away. The cure i...

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Let the Games Begin: An Olympian's View of Opening Ceremonies

Nikki Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

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I dreamed of being an Olympian since I was five years old when I saw Nadia Comaneci score a perfect "10" in gymnastics. But it would be another eighteen years before it became a reality.

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Opportunity Missed

Mia Farrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, Bush announced that he will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. His decision is regrettable -- a missed opportunity for the U.S. to stand strong for the people of Darfur and Burma.

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The Legacy of Beijing, 2008

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most worrisome aspect of the Beijing Games' legacy may be the lesson that aggressive regimes of the future will take from it -- attack your adversary while the world is glued to the Opening Ceremonies.

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Opening Ceremony Performers Forced To Wear Diapers

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olym...

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Hook, Line, and Sinker: NBC Swallows Opening Ceremonies Propaganda

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The conscious decision to create a narrative that rewrites both Chinese history and reality is alarming -- but the fact that the NBC commentators unquestioningly went along with it is downright appalling.

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OIympic Opening Ceremony Pictures (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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SCROLL FOR VIDEO ***Check back for updates with more photos, video, reports*** Now ascendant as a global power, China welcomed scores of world leader...

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From Beijing: The Opening Extravaganza -- Conceptual and Political Art; No Chinatown Dragons

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is an Olympics which needed an opening ceremony strong enough to match the politically-charged atmosphere surrounding the choice of China.

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Too Much Excitement: Opening Ceremony Performers Sport Diapers

LiLi Tan | Posted 11.17.2011

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If on 08/08/08 you catch sight of a little bulge on your television screen, it's probably not a banana.

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Why Bush Should Not Attend the Beijing Opening Ceremonies

Mia and Ronan Farrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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A presidential boycott of the opening ceremonies in Beijing might have proved to be a powerful additional point of leverage with an otherwise intractable regime.

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Bush: Skipping Opening Ceremony "An Affront To The Chinese"

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOYAKO, Japan — President Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ce...

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Activism You Can Do: Send The Dalai Lama To The Olympics

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The world's leaders should pressure China to recognize the legitimacy of the Dalai Lama by saying they'll only attend the Olympic Ceremonies if China lets him attend as well.

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