Olympics: Organizers Build Buzz Around Opening Ceremony, But Local Businesses Lament That Crowds Have Yet to Appear in Paris

Landing the Summer Olympics was supposed to be a shot in the arm for France’s economy.  But in the Tuileries Gardens on a recent July day, instead of preparing to welcome throngs of tourists, one café owner was busy bemoaning his rotten luck. Here he was, midway between the Louvre and the Champs-Élysées, one of […]

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