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Article: Olympic `Dream Team' actually a nightmare

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June 14, 1992
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Enough already with the Dream Team. You can't watch 10 minutes of the NBA Finals without getting a massive dose of propaganda about the Dream Team.

What's going on here? Is this the U.S. Olympic basketball team, or a wholly owned subsidiary of NBC?

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Sign up quick for . . . the Dream Team.

Stay tuned to NBC for even more self-promotional features about . . . the Dream Team. (Scottie Pippen reveals five new headache cures!)

Take a Carnival Cruise to Barcelona with . . . the Dream Team. If they don't deliver to your house within 30 minutes, you get $3 off . . . the Dream Team.

Does NBC think we're idiots?

The Dream Team is The Big Lie.

Oh ...

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