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... and Digital Beijing (the Olympics "command post") - have set a heady precedent. The furtive London Olympics, with its glum building site ... intricate steel skeleton. When the Games are over, the stadium will ...all goes to plan, the Olympic Park might yet turn out...Weiwei, who once smashed a 2,000-year-old Han dynasty...craftsmanship. Yet the three major Olympic buildings have been almost five...

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... from descending on Beijing during the Games. The vermin apparently hatched a month ...have eaten their way through 3.2 million acres of grassland in three...the bugs. "To ensure a smooth Olympic Games and stable agricultural production, ...good luck as possible before the Olympics next month. The opening ceremony begins... the word for "handcuffs." Internet postings have even started linking the ...

... fear massive police crackdown. ---------------------------------------------------------- "For Hosts, Games Lose Some Luster" "Many Beijing Residents Find Tribulations of Olympics Outweigh Benefits" By Maureen Fan Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, July 2, 2008; A01 BEIJING --... The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games continues to predict the event ...