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Mr. Al Weil presents Ramon Reyes
with a Hart Olyrn~s medal while
(above) students display authentic
Olympic flag.

Olympic ~ome things never change. his teammates and countrymen.
The roar of a crowd-packed coli- In this changing world, few tradi-
Spirit seum. The expression of sheer de- tions have escaped the truncating
termination on an athlete's face as
hand of modernization. Most
he reaches his absolute physical have been deemed unnecessary
limitations, then thrusts himself of foolish by the modern world,
Endures beyond them. The thrill of victory then have been discarded, no
that a nation experiences when its matter how long they have been
athletes outperform their com- in service. But the traditions of
petitors. The agony of defeat that the Olympic Games, established
only an athlete can feel when he in Rome and revived at the begin-
fails to fulfill the expectations of ning of this century, have with-

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