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...that hasn't always been true. The economic benefits of the Olympics for host cities are at best mixed, and the opening bravado often descends into recrimination and regret. Of course, there are obvious benefits for an Olympic host city - primarily the opportunity to showcase itself in front of a global TV audience numbering in the billions. Indeed, many view the Olympics as the ultimate infomercial to help attract business and foreign direct investment...
...country at 100. But some devices are able to play as high as 120 decibels - a noise level equivalent to that generated by an airplane takeoff. So why is the E.U., like your nosy next-door neighbor, trying to force you turn down that racket? (See the 100 best albums of all time...
...volunteers never decided to impose restrictions on all articles about living people. Instead, the site will adopt "flagged protection" - the new method for requiring editorial approval before changes to Wikipedia go up - for a small number of articles, most likely on a case-by-case basis. (See the 50 best websites...
...still be able to edit most articles, they'll also be able to make changes to protected pages like Obama's; their changes will become visible only if approved by senior Wikipedians. Under the current rules, people new to Wikipedia are blocked from editing protected articles. (See the 25 best blogs...
...crisis." Most commentators have interpreted that statement as a signal to the FDP that it's the CDU who will make the big decisions. Merkel says her top priority will be to create jobs and get the economy back on track. The question of how that's best done is likely to define the new government...