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* In April, the National Olympic Committee of the Caribbean island
nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines suspended its Olympic
coach Orde Ballantyne for four years after his mother ratted him
out.  She was head of the country's delegation at the Summer
Games in 1996 and reported him for violating protocol by refusing
to stand for the U. S. national anthem. 

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