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CLIFFS NOTES: OPENING CEREMONIES

By Alyssa Roenigk

Friday, August 8, 2008

Greetings from the future, where the Opening Ceremonies of the XXIX Olympiad have just finished, and we know who lit the Olympic torch. The event begins tonight at 7:30 EST on NBC. But in case you don't have four-and-a-half hours to spare, we've provided you with a cheat sheet. [Insert Olympic cheaters joke here.] HOUR 1: THE CEREMONY The engineering, pyrotechnics and choreography needed to pull off this ceremony is reason enough to watch. Cirque du Soleil's choreographers should take no ...

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