Ready to rip: a powerful Canadian team strives for its best Summer Olympics
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Atlanta, GA, will host the 1996 Summer Olympic Games from Jul 19 to Aug 4, 1996. There will be 10,800 athletes from 197 countries including 304 Canadians. These will be the first Olympics completely financed by the private sector. Security, traffic and the heat could be potential problems.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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The US basketball team swept through its qualifying tournament, defeating its six opponents by an average margin of more than 50 points. The international basketball federation, FIBA, is trying to make basketball the most popular sport in the world.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
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