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Can the Olympics put Turin back on the world map?(USA)
The Christian Science Monitor
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February 9, 2006
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Byline: Peter Ford and Mark Sappenfield Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
TURIN, ITALY -- Above the rumble and screech of a broad railyard here, there is a bridge that, perhaps intentionally, perfectly symbolizes this city on the eve of the winter Games.
On one end is a gigantic brown Lego block of a building that stands as a memorial of what Turin once was: It is the Lingotto, and at one point - long before Fiat vacated it - it was the world's largest car factory.
At the other end of the bridge is the new athletes' village, a splash ...
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