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Imperfect Harmony: Sochi Ain’t All That Bad

From dirty water to a malfunctioning snowflake, Sochi has had its fair share of problems—but so did Turin, and Beijing and Munich before it. Quit your complaining and root for the participating world, will ya?

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Day after day, and night after night, the top-rated program on television is the worst spectacle in the history of sport: The Sochi Olympics.

Or is it?

Well, it’s what the American media has been telling us even before the Winter Games began in Russia.

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The hotel rooms are appalling.

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