Paris 2024: Hiding The Homeless And A Leadership Knockout Round

The budget is looking tight, so please buy 10,000 Olympic coffee mugs at Carrefour.

Jun 08, 2023

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As the drumbeat of the Olympic Games grows louder, Parisians are starting to get a taste of the event’s grand traditions.

There is the planning of the torch relay. The preliminary events to decide who will compete. The political in-fighting over the preparations. The backlash against soaring costs. The outrage over ticket prices. The freakout over secur…

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