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    accomplish his goals at the 1936 Olympic Games? Planning the investigation: To answer this question‚ I looked into two main topics. I researched what Hitler’s goals actually were‚ and whether each of these goals had been fulfilled. I also evaluated two resources both created around the year 1936‚ to determine their relevance to a historian today. After this‚ I made a final analysis of my evidence. By investigating this‚ I hope to understand how far the reality of the Olympics corresponded with Hitler’s

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    What evidence can be presented to support the argument that holding the Olympic Games brings both economic and social benefits to a country that outweigh the costs? Content Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Economic benefits (outweigh the costs) ------------------------ 3 Social benefits (outweigh the costs) ------------------------------ 5 Conclusion -----------------------------------------------------------------

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    A.P. Statistics Assignment 2-5 Remember to show your thinking through your work. 1) The data below were gathered on a random sample of 5 basking sharks‚ swimming through the water and filter-feeding‚ i.e. letting the water bring food into their mouths. Mean speeds for basking sharks Body Length (meters) Mean speed (meters/second) 4.0 0.89 4.5 0.83 4.0 0.76 6.5 0.94 5.5 0.94 a) What is the value of the correlation coefficient for these data? <type answer here>

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    than one’s competitor. There are very few athletic events that allow one to clearly determine their dominance over another competitor. Cross country is one of these few events and should be recognized as a sport and be re-included as an official Olympic sport. Cross country is more than just running; it is a team sport that requires teamwork‚ endurance‚ and a very experienced coach. A cross country team consists of a seven men. The top five runners score in a race‚ but all seven are equally important

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    Case Study Q1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies? A. No‚ all the hardwork done by the IT team was one of the main reason behind Athens Olympics success. The information availability provided by the network and redundant hardware (and people and processes too) were critical in the success of the event‚ and are likely to be so also in the future. Without the networks and all the other technologies we would not have been able to

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    RYAN LOCHTE Ryan Lochte has been swimming formally for eight years now. He started swimming when he was just five years old by going to swimming classes but started competing when he joined his college swimming team in 2005. Lochte has been practicing and competing for several events now; 200m backstroke‚ 4x100m freestyle relay‚ 200m individual medley among others. Ryan Lochte was born in Rochester‚ New York. Hi s mom being from Cuba and born and raised in Havana and his father being from

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    leading up to the next summer olympics. 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens had arrived‚ and phelps had picked up 6 gold and 2 bronze. He had tied with the most olympic medals in a single games with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin. At the next summer games‚ Phelps had set a world record fo most gold medals at a single games with 8 total‚ beating out swimmer Mark Spitz’s record of 7 gold medals. Every gold was a new world record except the 100m butterfly which set and olympic record. Phelps had planned

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    Confirming Pages M I N I C AS E 1 Michael Phelps: Strategizing for Gold MICHAEL PHELPS‚  nicknamed MP‚ won an unprecedented eight gold medals at the Beijing Summer Olympics‚ and while doing so set seven new world records. Eight short days in August 2008 changed Olympic history and Michael Phelps’s life forever‚ making MP one of the greatest athletes of all time. Immediately after the event‚ The Wall Street Journal reported that Phelps would be likely to turn the eight gold medals into a cash-flow

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    10. Kelly Smith 9. Hanna Ljungberg Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images The popularity of women’s soccer has increased exponentially since the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991‚ and with the improved quality of play has come a steady stream of great players over the years. This is our list of the 10 greatest female soccer players ever. Most of these names you’ll recognize‚ whether you’ve followed the game only in America or on the world stage. Who would make your top 10? Let us know in the comments

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    been brought by this moment. The sport itself must be defined by the moment‚ and society’s view of the sport must be influenced by this moment. In the summer of 2008 during one of the greatest spectacles in sports‚ the whole world was fixed on the Olympics to watch Michael Phelps attempt perfection. Not only did Michael Phelps define that Olympics‚ he defined and showcased the sport of swimming‚ and revealed the sport of swimming to society in a way that was never before experienced. This paper will

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