The International and United States' Olympic committees did make a move to keep the presidential race out of things, banning an ad that used Olympic footage of Romney by a pro-Obama Super PAC.
Better was the award for "cartoon villain," which had two winners this year: Larry Ellison for cheating during the America's Cup – a yacht race of all things!
"It's a tough race, it's a competitive race and lots of things can happen between now and Election Day.
I don't know how to say it or explain it, but this is the journey -- not the race we make of things, or the filling of cracks with gold, but how the bright colors run into everything.
If you wake in the middle of the night, and your mind is racing with thoughts of things you neglected to do, or need to get done, writing them down will release your mind from worrying about forgetting in the morning, allowing you to drift back to sleep.
It's not okay to marginalize an entire race of people, saying things like all the Mexicans are lazy, that they are all stealing our jobs and bringing drugs into our country.
"It's a long race and a lot of things can happen," said Red Bull's Vettell.
"That was then, this is a difference race — and a lot of things have changed since then," Mr. Patrick said of his onetime support for Mr. Dewhurst.
What this taught me about The Times and race are a couple of things: that I think it is out there in the thick of our newsroom; it is all over the place; and that we seldom engage it, for whatever reason.
Coupled with a push for smart cities, advancements in robotics, connected cars, aerials (drones, nanosatellites), and connectivity infrastructure the race for the internet of things space is just getting started.
