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  <title><![CDATA[AP Interview: Flowers shares his thoughts on the reality of hosting the 2024 Olympics]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>“Even when you have good intentions, if there’s not robust, realistic planning ahead of the games, you still yourself open to a lot of unexpected costs,” said Benjamin Flowers, an architecture professor at Georgia Tech.</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/02/19/sports/olympics/ap-oly-paul-newberry-021916.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/02/19/sports/olympics/ap-oly-paul-newberry-021916.html?_r=0</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/column-in-race-for-2024-summer-olympics-losing-is-winning/2016/02/19/7a366050-d767-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/column-in-race-for-2024-summer-olympics-losing-is-winning/2016/02/19/7a366050-d767-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-bc-oly--paul-newberry-021916-20160220-story.html">http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-bc-oly--paul-newberry-021916-20160220-story.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/sports/column-in-race-for-2024-summer-olympics-losing-is-/nqTBR/">http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/sports/column-in-race-for-2024-summer-olympics-losing-is-/nqTBR/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></body>
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      <value><![CDATA[<p>Tia Jewell</p><p>Communications &amp; Events</p><p>School of Architecture</p><p>Georgia Tech</p><p><a href="mailto:tia.jewell@coa.gatech.edu">tia.jewell@coa.gatech.edu</a></p>]]></value>
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