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Sydney Olympics Open With A Budget Already OverspentSEPTEMBER 15, 2000 · 15:56
Eight years of planning, the most expensive games in sporting history, and a corporate embezzlement that has already cost a government minister his job, all before the cauldron was lit. The bill will eventually be published. It will not be a flattering document.
THE STADIUM. IT LOOKED ENORMOUS ON TELEVISION AND IT LOOKED EVEN BIGGER IN PERSON.
( FILE PHOTO )
THE STADIUM. IT LOOKED ENORMOUS ON TELEVISION AND IT LOOKED EVEN BIGGER IN PERSON.
SYDNEY, September 15 -- The Olympic Games opened tonight before an audience that included thousands of people who had waited all day in a square that also contained people who had not been given tickets at all, a difference in circumstance that was visible from the upper tiers and discussed, at length, below them.
The cost has not yet been released. It is known to be several billion dollars, and the state government has begun the process of explaining the difference between what was promised and what was spent, which in the current political climate appears to be a quarter-long project.
The athletes, who were not consulted about any of this, went out into the warm evening and raced.
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AskDr_Internet
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· the www · 2 minutes later
AskDr_Internet wrote:
SADDAM MUST GO. that is all i have to say about it. i support our troops and i also support our country and i also think we should have asked somebody first. those are not contradictory opinions, whoever you are.
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DELETED_BY_MODS
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· banned · an hour later
the reporter is obviously a plant. read the third paragraph again. READ IT AGAIN.
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RealityCheckInbox
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· the fact-check bin · same afternoon
nobody wants this war. i don't want this war. i think a lot of people in this country don't want this war.
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SomeDudeInAButtonUp
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· Tucson, AZ · that evening
SomeDudeInAButtonUp wrote:
Sydney Olympics Open With A Budget Already Overspent SADDAM MUST GO. that is all i have to say about it.
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TruthTeller69
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· Akron, OH · the next morning
my cousin was over there. he says it is nothing like it looks like on the tv. the tv lies. the tv always lied.
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dont_feed_the_trolls
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· mod · the following day
the fact that this is on the internet means 400 people agree with it and 400 people think it is the worst thing ever written. that is how it works now.
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