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Mon 10 Oct 2009Chicago never stood a chance against Rio's naked women
TV VIEW:WATCHING THE American channels last week, we detected that native support for Chicago’s Olympic bid was a bit like that ultimately offered by the International Olympic Committee: not entirely universal.
There were many reasons for this, we learnt, CNN’s Jack Cafferty, the most endearing of grumpy old men, offering one: “Rio has naked people dancing; Chicago has chubby people eating.” Jack, then, while not wanting to seem unpatriotic, appeared to be rooting for Rio, but not just because of the nakedness issue.
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