{"id":4985,"date":"2012-07-30T21:33:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T01:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2012-07-30T21:33:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T01:33:24","slug":"the-olympic-contradiction-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/30\/the-olympic-contradiction-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympic Contradiction &#8211; NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID BROOKS:  Dancers, especially at the opening ceremony, smile in warmth and friendship&#8230;&#8230;..After the opening ceremony is over, the Olympics turn into a celebration of the competitive virtues: tenacity, courage, excellence, supremacy, discipline and conflict.<\/p>\n<p> The world, unfortunately, has too many monomaniacs&#8230;.One [political] faction champions austerity while another champions growth&#8230;&#8230;.The right course is usually to push hard in both directions&#8230;&#8230;to thrive amid the contradictions.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/07\/27\/opinion\/brooks-the-olympic-contradiction.html?ref=davidbrooks#hTrcTOa,1'>The Olympic Contradiction &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID BROOKS: Dancers, especially at the opening ceremony, smile in warmth and friendship&#8230;&#8230;..After the opening ceremony is over, the Olympics turn into a celebration of the competitive virtues: tenacity, courage, excellence, supremacy, discipline and conflict. The world, unfortunately, has too many monomaniacs&#8230;.One [political] faction champions austerity while another champions growth&#8230;&#8230;.The right course is usually to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/30\/the-olympic-contradiction-nytimes-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Olympic Contradiction &#8211; NYTimes.com&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[812,864,2563,2579],"class_list":["post-4985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-contradictions","tag-creative-tension","tag-olympics","tag-opposing-views"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Olympic Contradiction - NYTimes.com - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Olympic Contradiction - NYTimes.com - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DAVID BROOKS: Dancers, especially at the opening ceremony, smile in warmth and friendship&#8230;&#8230;..After the opening ceremony is over, the Olympics turn into a celebration of the competitive virtues: tenacity, courage, excellence, supremacy, discipline and conflict. 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