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The Bitter Rivalry

August 19, 2008

No, the other one.

Everyone is busy counting the US-China contest for medals. Rightly so; it’s close.

Here in the New York office, we’re watching a different set of numbers:

Now, I’m all for rooting for the home office, but that would be unfair; we have branches around the world! After this is all over, it would be fun to give a full worldwide break-down.

Yes, I know, if you remove Phelps from the mix and we lead by only 2 gold medals, but why would we do a thing like that?

Until then, nice work, team USA.

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2 comments for “The Bitter Rivalry”

  1. Well, we do have a couple million more people than Britain. More people = higher change of having a Michael Phelps.

    Posted by Laura | August 19, 2008, 10:19 am
  2. Of course. Doesn’t make counting any less fun.

    Posted by CambridgeBlog | August 19, 2008, 10:38 am

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