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Olympics 2014
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 02-27-06 04:43Olympics 2014
Dan Wetzel, yahoo.com:
Almaty, 2014. When I first heard that Almaty, Kazakhstan, was bidding to host the Winter Olympics in 2014, my first thought was to announce my retirement from sports writing effective 2013. (Hold the applause figure skating fans).
All I knew about Almaty was what this cheesy, low-budget press release (it was a one-page, folded flyer) told me, a chief reason Almaty should be chosen was because "Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world." ...
Almaty, 2014. When I first heard that Almaty, Kazakhstan, was bidding to host the Winter Olympics in 2014, my first thought was to announce my retirement from sports writing effective 2013. (Hold the applause figure skating fans).
All I knew about Almaty was what this cheesy, low-budget press release (it was a one-page, folded flyer) told me, a chief reason Almaty should be chosen was because "Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world." ...
Dan Wetzel, yahoo.com:
Almaty, 2014. When I first heard that Almaty, Kazakhstan, was bidding to host the Winter Olympics in 2014, my first thought was to announce my retirement from sports writing effective 2013. (Hold the applause figure skating fans).
All I knew about Almaty was what this cheesy, low-budget press release (it was a one-page, folded flyer) told me, a chief reason Almaty should be chosen was because "Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world."
That's not exactly something that gets your heart pumping, you know.
Well, we mock what we don't understand. I went to the press conference. The Almaty people had a better press package – full color, bound, 150-page packet. They had a video. They had music. They had pictures of smiling residents of Almaty. They had a card for me from the mayor of Almaty. They had all sorts of nice Kazakhstanis answering questions.
Little did I know Kazakhstan has lots of money (from oil), a beautiful mountain range (from glaciers) and a lot of spirit (from no longer being communist). It is a "Eurasian Country, a Land of the Future."
The organizers have all sorts of good plans and nice stadiums. All the venues but one are within 15 kilometers of one another. It looks like a beautiful place. They said I could visit.
They also said they have 100 billion barrels of unexplored oil, so that should be enough to bribe IOC officials.
Almaty, 2014. When I first heard that Almaty, Kazakhstan, was bidding to host the Winter Olympics in 2014, my first thought was to announce my retirement from sports writing effective 2013. (Hold the applause figure skating fans).
All I knew about Almaty was what this cheesy, low-budget press release (it was a one-page, folded flyer) told me, a chief reason Almaty should be chosen was because "Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world."
That's not exactly something that gets your heart pumping, you know.
Well, we mock what we don't understand. I went to the press conference. The Almaty people had a better press package – full color, bound, 150-page packet. They had a video. They had music. They had pictures of smiling residents of Almaty. They had a card for me from the mayor of Almaty. They had all sorts of nice Kazakhstanis answering questions.
Little did I know Kazakhstan has lots of money (from oil), a beautiful mountain range (from glaciers) and a lot of spirit (from no longer being communist). It is a "Eurasian Country, a Land of the Future."
The organizers have all sorts of good plans and nice stadiums. All the venues but one are within 15 kilometers of one another. It looks like a beautiful place. They said I could visit.
They also said they have 100 billion barrels of unexplored oil, so that should be enough to bribe IOC officials.
re: Olympics 2014
Oil..... Shhhhhh don't tell the Americans.... They find an excuse to invade
