It some Olympic venues and major byways, a kind of martial law has been imposed. There are roadblocks and checkpoints and cops asking to see your ID.
You stop by a coffee shop in Geneva to get a double latte. Standing in in line in front of you is the famous weightlifter from Russia and a skinny marathon runner from Kenya.
"It will be bizarro world ... but in a good way," said Sue Klinkhamer, former Mayor of St. Charles, describing the Olympic experience she anticipates if Chicago does indeed get the 2016 Olympics. Chronicle report
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