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align="center">“There is absolutely no doubt that politics played a major role in this vote.”
— The Washington Post’s Amy Shipley, on N.Y. losing in its bid to host the 2012 Olympics (MSNBC, 7/6).
Top Stories
- London has emerged victorious as the host city for the 2012 Olympics. New York was defeated after receiving only 16 votes in the second round of balloting, and pundits say political factors, 11th-hour scrambling on a stadium plan and the fact that the 2010 Games will be in North America are all reasons for coming up short. Whether New York will move forward on an effort to land the 2016 Olympics is unclear. >>Read More
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