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OLYMPIC LEGACY

aving written a considerable amount about the 1980 Winter Olympics, and having worked at one of the venues during the Games, I understand the challenge of trying to assess the impact of the event, even from the perspective of 40 years (“Saved by a Miracle,” February 2020). I think a lot of people in Lake Placid at the time of the Games who live there today would have memories not included in Luke Cyphers’s article. One omission that I

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