Rio Games an acid test for Olympics' appeal in a grim world

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Rio Games an acid test for Olympics' appeal in a grim world

RIO DE JANEIRO        (AP) -- Even if only for two weeks, can "Faster-Higher-Stronger" overpower deadlier, scarier and bloodier? Can the Olympic Games still offer the world momentary levity, distract from terror, shootings, poverty and other worries in globally grim times? If not, what use is the multibillion-dollar celebration of youthful endeavor and mostly niche sports?...
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