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flicker[物理词汇]
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闪动, 闪烁, 摇动
As Torch Nears, Worries and Woes Flicker
TURIN, Italy, Feb. 9 — The protesters here certainly know what they don't like: war, globalization, capitalism, drug laws, immigrant detention centers, a high-speed train line and, inexplicably, the Olympic torch.
"This is a discussion of war," said Claudio Robba, 25, one of maybe 150 protesters at a piazza, referring, in fact, to a well-designed stick with a little flame on top.
But clarity is not the point, and on Thursday, the eve of the Winter Games, the protesters managed to generate enough worry that Olympic organizers, for the third time in recent days, diverted the path of the torch relay to avoid them.
The protesters claimed victory, but the general feelings were anger and embarrassment that Italy, which had meticulously prepared for the event for a decade, was having trouble getting the torch cleanly to the Olympic Stadium, where on Friday night it is supposed to light the caldron and officially open the Games. |
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