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Tempests in Teapots: The Beijing Olympics and the World Press

“I wish we could go back to the Cold War so that the Olympics would be interesting.”  Thus spake  American actor John C. Reilly in jest during a mock interview with his co-star Will Ferrel for E... ...full story at Shanghai Journal

from Shanghai Journal on Sat, Jul 26 2008

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