Articles filed under Washington Post
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Why McDonald's role in Olympics will be the smallest in decadesFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - McDonald's has long been a fixture at the Olympic Games, mobbed by hungry athletes and promoted in flashy ads reserved for the Games' corporate partners. But for the fir...
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What to watch: Saturday's Olympic scheduleFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Saturday, Feb. 10 What to watch: American Red Gerard was atop the snowboard slopestyle World Cup rankings in 2017, and he's there again going into Pyeongchang: The ...
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Lindsey Vonn is skiing for more than herself in PyeongchangFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Lindsey Vonn is a grown woman of enormous professional accomplishment and a personal life that has played out in public over the past decade-a...
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Five myths about figure skatingFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Another Olympics is here, and it's time for that American ritual: becoming an armchair expert in sports you haven't watched in four years. Figure skating is one of the m...
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A witness drew a terrible sketch to help police identify a suspect; it actually workedFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Objectively, the sketch is bad. The thick lines look like an inverted triangle with hair, or a strawberry wearing a tiny cap. The two dot eyes are inexplicably paired wi...
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U.S. men's hockey team: Welcome to the Olympics. Now meet your teammates.Feb 09, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The members of the U.S. men's hockey team skated onto the ice at the Gangneung Hockey Center a few at a time, emerging from the first locker roo...
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Analysis: Nobody knows why stocks are tankingFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Sometimes stocks fall because of bad news, sometimes they fall because of good news, and other times they fall because of no news at all. The last week has been some com...
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Senate passes spending bill after shutdownFeb 08, 2018 10:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan spending bill Friday morning, but not before the federal government shut down when Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., delayed th...
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After losing coin toss, speedskater Shani Davis rips US Olympic flag-bearer pickFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Erin Hamlin would seem to be a fine choice to lead the U.S. Winter Olympic team into Friday's opening ceremony as its flag-bearer. The first U.S. athlete to medal in sin...
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How to watch figure skating at the 2018 Winter OlympicsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is figure skating? A: Arguably the marquee sport at the Winter Olympics, figure skating needs little introduction. With grace, grit and often controversy, a...