In fact both Cameron and Johnson are realistic enough to know that any political gains from an Olympic feel-good factor are likely to be ephemeral, at best.
Loans from state banks are all that stave off bankruptcy.Mr Simitis says that he will shut down Olympic for good if the cost-cutting measures approved by parliament last month are not enforced.
If we give it our best shot, then we have the potential to have a really good Olympic Games".
Then again, another good Olympic tournament could help ease any lingering discontent fans feel toward owners over the lockout.
A Canadian runner once said that anyone who gets to the Olympic semifinals is good enough to win the final".
What a relief then, on Wednesday night, to see Massot sporting that other, better thing: Good Olympic Face.
On Sunday, they play Argentina; on Tuesday, Spain; two games against international powers and Olympic rivals, as good a gauge as it gets.
I read on greedily, only to discover that KJT simply meant that having two athletes competing for Olympic gold was good for athletics.
We have begun the Olympic year in good form and the Duet athletes, Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison, are currently on a training camp in San Francisco.
Her father, Jack, an Olympic cyclist and good-natured lunk, is forever brewing a cup of tea for his lovely wife and inquiring of his daughter, "Do you feel poorly?" The tear-welling virtue never stops.
A similarly threadbare crowd greeted Denmark's and Iraq's footballers in Brasilia; let's hope that the Olympic organisers make good their promise to distribute unsold tickets to schoolchildren at future events.
