COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Snowfall Wednesday: Light flurries in Nagano city; light snow on men's downhill course. Current blanket is 85 inches on the downhill course. Olympic update: Organizers say they are confident of security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security at the Olympics despite a rocket attack earlier this week at Tokyo's main international airport. Some 6,000 police will be mobilized during the games. Carrying the torch: The Olympic flame The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire Wednesday passed through the towns of Shinano, Mure n. 1. A wall. v. t. 1. To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>.] The five kings are mured in a cave. - John. x. (Heading). , Samizu, Toyono, Ooka, Shinshu Shinmachi, Ogawa, Nakajo, Ikusaka, Honjo, Sakakita, Omi, Sakai, all in the province of Nagano. Going for the gold: The Europeans were the main target at a news conference Wednesday by the U.S. men's Alpine team - mainly because the Europeans always win. Thus, U.S. men's coach Bill Egan welcomed the new snow on the downhill course in the day, saying that the Europeans ``hate it'' and prefer a hard, icy surface. |
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