The Final Count

A nice showing by both indeed. US came #1 by total – 110 medals in all, with China leading in Golds.
Great Britain showed an impressive #4 overall, beating out the rest of Europe. The home office should be proud.

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 [...]