For the first two days of the Olympics, things looked bad on the air front. Then after two big thunderstorms and the passage of a cold front, things have been nice! Confirming my oft-expressed optimism that it would all work out just in time.And after 25... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Wed, Aug 20 2008
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