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Behold the power of Bode-ism

By Tim Keown
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

I am a Bode-ist. I haven't always been one, but I am now. I wasn't a Bode-ist when Bode Miller was on the cover of every magazine from Newsweek to This Old House (the "No Indoor Plumbing" edition, of course). Back then, Bode was a commodity, a star, a run-of-the-mill creation of the American media meat grinder. The Olympics changed everything, though. The Olympics made me a believer. I am a convert to Bode-ism. It's a change of focus, a re-evaluation of priorities, a perspective-altering awake ...

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