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Cheers and jeers as the Olympics get underway

With more than 34 million Americans joining some 4 billion people around the world tuning in to the Olympics, the first weekend of the Beijing Olympics has not disappointed.

The opening ceremony featured 30,000 fireworks and 15,000 performers, including 2,008 synchronized drummers and dozens of others soaring through the air. It was a spectacle many predicted would remain unmatched even in...

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