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WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the end of its first week, the Vancouver Olympics had the scent of a disaster in the making. The brash (and hence "un-Canadian") slogan that Canada would "Own the Podium" by compiling more medals than any other country was coming a cropper. Despite the commitment of tens of millions of public as well as private dollars and enormous commitment to personal excellence by its Olympic athletes, Team Canada was clearly struggling. Perhaps partly prompted by inglorious weather as well as real problems, the buzz was relentlessly negative:
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North America owns the podium, eh?
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the end of its first week, the Vancouver Olympics had the scent of a disaster in the making. The brash (and hence "un-Canadian") slogan that Canada would "Own the Podium" by compiling more medals than any other country was coming a cropper. Despite the commitment of tens of millions of public as well as private dollars and enormous commitment to personal excellence by its Olympic athletes, Team Canada was clearly struggling. Perhaps partly prompted by inglorious weather as well as real problems, the buzz was relentlessly negative:
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