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As the stunning Emissions restrictions fail to clear the air as Olympics near The city’s notoriously polluted air is one of the biggest questions hanging over the new female lead The Chinese capital was shrouded in Visibility was a half-mile in some plac- games, which begin on Aug. 8. On Sunday, of the ‘Mummy’ thick gray smog on Sunday, just 12 days before es. During the opening ceremony of the temperatures of about 90 degrees, with 70 franchise, Ma- the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Athletes’ Village on Sunday, the housing percent humidity and low winds, created a ria Bello Games. One expert warned that drastic complex was invisible from the nearby main mix of harmful chemicals, particulate mat- has big measures enacted to cut vehicle and factory Olympic Green. ter and water vapor. shoes to fill. emissions in the city were no guarantee skies “No, it doesn’t really look so good, but ... 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