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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:01:30 EST
- Reply-To: "Efstratios N. Kontogiannis" <enkontog@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
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- From: "Efstratios N. Kontogiannis" <enkontog@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
- Subject: HELLAS AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS
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- YESTERDAY ON THE CNN WORLD REPORT THERE WAS A SECTION DEVOTED TO THE
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN GREECE. THE NEWSCAST WAS DONE BY ERT-1 FOR CNN, AND
- TO PROMOTE THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, ARNOLD (I'LL BE BACK) WAS THERE. THE NEWS
- ON THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WAS BOTH ENCOURAGING SINCE THE FUNDING FOR THE
- EVENT IS DONATED BY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS A REPLICA OF THE
- SUMMER OLYMPICS GIVING THOSE NOT SO FORTUNATE TO PARTICIPATE AND EXPERIENCE
- THE ATMOSPHERE EXHIBITED DURING THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.
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- THIS WAS DEFINETELY A VERY POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR GREECE AND ITS HANDLING
- OF ITS HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. BRAVO HELLAS.
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- STRATOS KONTOGIANNHS
- SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, MAXWELL SCHOOL
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