Video: Up Too Close and Personal

In Calgary and New Hampshire, TV hypes the human drama

"I don't know about you, but I'm kinda tired right now," ABC's Jim McKay was saying. There was a smile of dazed satiety on his face after a big night of Olympics action, highlighted by the U.S.-Czechoslovakia hockey game. But gosh, Jim, it was only Monday. Still to come were two more dramatic hockey games, the skating artistry of "little Katya" and the battle of the Brians. Not to mention, back in the real world, the grudge match between Bob Dole and George Bush and the scramble among Democratic presidential hopefuls to survive New Hampshire. Talk about tired.

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