Let the Games Begin
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It was fireworks and pageantry, 11,000 athletes from almost 200 nations marching in proudly. It was children dancing, and the emotion of the torch-lighting. That’s how the Olympics returned on Friday to the U.S. for the first time since the L.A. Games of 1984. The action begins today, with the Dream Team saying howdy to Argentina. S1
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