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    not keep the Olympics. I think that we should keep the Olympics. I believe we should keep the Olympics because it is a fantastic way for the best athletes in the world to show what they can do. Also‚ it is a good way to keep athletes healthy. People are saying we should not keep the Olympics because the Olympics do not have all the sports. Yes they do not have all sports‚ but the Olympics keep growing so they could add the sports they don’t have. Another reason to keep the Olympics is because you

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    DBQ Essay (Modern Day Olympics 1896 – 2002) War‚ Nationalism‚ and money paid by various corporations/countries all shaped the modern day Olympics. War played a major role in shaping the modern day Olympic Games. In document one‚ Pierre de Coubertin‚ the founder of the modern Olympic movement‚ states that the Olympics would serve as a reduction of war because of the worldwide competition between various countries. Coubertin wrote this document to attempt to convince the Athletic Society of France

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    Olympic games in modern world The most important sport event in the world for today undoubtedly are Olympic Games in Sochi. The Olympics - it’s a great honor for any country. Our compatriots can be proud of the fact that this great sport event took place in Russia‚ and it emerged as the clear statement of greatness of country. Almost every nation sends teams of selected athletes to take part. The purposes of the Olympic Games are to foster the ideal of a "A Healthy Mind In a Healthy Body "

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    A$300mn was generated by local business. Over 55‚000 people received employment related training. If London hosted the Olympic games‚ thousands of UK firms could be involved in supplying everything from construction to manufacturing‚ catering to merchandise. (http://www.sportengland.org/2012_uk.htm) Boost to tourism The tourist industry won’t just boom during the four weeks that the Olympic and Paralympic games actually take place‚ but for months and years before and after the event. Price Waterhouse

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    The Olympics of 1936 The Olympics are a thrilling event for the whole world. The Olympics of 1936‚ one of the greatest sports events in history‚ brought great talent in the African American runner Jesse Owens. The Olympics of 1936 had many ups and downs. Many people believe that it was Hitler’s fame that brought the games to Berlin. The Olympics were assigned in Berlin in1930 before Hitler was the leader of Germany .Hitler gave all the German athletes their medals when they won. Hitler greeted

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    The Olympic Games have no predetermined influence on any nation’s economy. Throughout history there have been several examples of both prosperity and damage to a country’s economic system due to hosting the games. While damage to an economy is rare‚ cases such as Munich in 1972 and Montreal in 1976 demonstrate the negative impact that hosting the Olympics can bring. Though there are no directly quantifiable effects‚ studies by economist Jose Usera from Goldman Sachs (cite source) explain the historical

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    The London Olympic Games held in 2012 was one of the largest investments and profit for the host country; “Success at Olympics produces an exceptional “symbolic profit” (Bourdieu‚ 1993) not only for individual athletes‚ but also for clubs‚ sports federations‚ sponsors andother related players. And‚ thereby‚ individual performances are likely to trigger a redistribution of for example‚ power‚ money‚ recruitment opportunities and TV broadcasting times in sports on a national and/or global scale” (Thiel

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    impact. It will be covered what is the main reasons affecting demand.It will be analyzed about the global recession problem and how the recession has been impacted on people. Below in the essay will be covered how The Titanic anniversary and The Olympics Games increase The United Kingdom economy. The purpose of this essay is to examine and give practical examples related with the hospitality industry. First of all‚ the main important factors are that demand is affected by the level of income andinflation

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    Torino 2006: What Kind of Olympic Winter Games Were They? A Preliminary Account From an Organizational and Economic Perspective Piervincenzo Bondonio and Nadia Campaniello  Citius‚ Altius‚ Fortius! To what extent does the motto of the Olympics relate to Torino 2006? Has the XXth edition of the Olympic Winter Games (OWG) continued the positive trend whereby each edition‚ with only a few exceptions‚ surpasses the one before? In which areas have there been improvements‚ if any? To what extent

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    Gil Craddock Per.3 1984 Olympic Boycott The summer Olympics of 1984 was a very exciting Olympic trial. It was full of controversy‚ records‚ and it was held in the near and dear Los Angeles. This was during the cold war against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union decided to boycott the Olympics held in Los Angeles to prove that the U.S would not control them. In 1979 The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Afghanistan was an ally of the U.S.‚ so on March 21 President Jimmy Carter stated that

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