Lofty words are always a hostage to fortune. The Olympic movement boasts that the Games "have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles." Yet history suggests otherwise. Boycotts marred the jamborees of 1956,1976,1980 and 1984. In 1968 two American sprinters gave a Black Power salute on the podium. The 1972 Games were blighted when Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes.
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