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    High Intermediate 2B Grammar and Writing May 6‚ 2014. The Impact of the World Cup and the Olympic Games on Brazilian Infrastructure To prepare Brazil to host two major sporting events‚ this country is experiencing a construction boom. The promise of the country to host two of the biggest events in the world requires effort and many studies that the work do not injurious the population and the environment. The investments will bring several benefits for Brazil. The economy will increase significantly

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    2018 Winter Olympics Luge is an event in the Winter Olympics‚ there is different types of categories which include relay (mixed)‚ men’s‚ women’s‚ and doubles. Luge was first introduced into the olympics in the 1964 winter olympic games in Austria. The germans have found a way to master the event and they hold the most gold medals in luge. This event can be terrifying because you are on a sled‚ by yourself‚ faced upward‚ and your feet are first. From the information I am going to tell you

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    2010 Winter Olympics: The Positives and Negatives in Social/Labor Issues An incredible history follows the Olympic Games to Vancouver‚ British Columbia for the 2010 winter Olympics. The modern games began in 1896 with 241 athletes from 14 nations and have grown to 10‚500 participants representing 204 countries during the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing‚ China (www.olympic.org). The event has brought nations together through athletes who have inspired the world through their achievements‚ vigor

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    Pierre de Coubertin literally gave his heart to the Olympic Games. Having founded the modern Olympic Games in 1896‚ Coubertin’s heart is now found in a marble monument in Olympia‚ Greece. This symbolic action has left the world with a piece of Coubertin’s intentions to revive the Olympic Games as a way to bring “the youth of the world in friendly competition”. Coubertin created the concept of Olympics with a doctrine of universalism‚ intending to highlight everything positive about humanity‚

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    Jessica Cheng Successfully strategic use of colors in a poster: ”Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball” The poster‚ “Olympic Games 1972 - Basketball”‚ was designed by Otl Aicher‚ who was a pioneer of developing the visual identities of the 1972 Munich Olympics. "As a strictly designed grammar‚ the identity system allows free‚ playful application‚" Aicher explained before the Munich Olympics in 1970. "This is comparable to ball games or chess‚ where fixed elements and an agreed set of rules allow playful

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    world-wide sponsors are Coca-Cola‚ Samsung‚ Apple‚ Intel‚ and Visa.The sponsors for the 2026 Winter Olympics are Vanguard‚ Next‚ Ebay‚ and Butagaz. BUDGET: Our games will cost around 7 billion factoring the venues‚ security and other aspects and components. Norway’s GDP and GDP per capita are 370.6 billion USD and 70‚812.48 USD which proves that this country is fully capable of holding these olympics and are capable of funding them too. 2.3 billion dollars of the cost will be funded by taxpayers.

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    Should Rome really give up its 2024 Olympic Dream? Less than 18 months after Rome unveiled its ambitions plans to host the 2024 Olympics‚ the city could be ready to abandon its Olympic project. The writing was on the wall as soon as the Five Star Movement (M5S) took control of city hall in June. The city’s new mayor‚ 37-year-old lawyer‚ Virginia Raggi‚ during her election campaign repeatedly said she was not in favour of the 2024 bid‚ insisting the city had more pressing issues to solve. Since

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    for the 1936 Olympics did too. The 1936 Summer Olympics is one of the most historic Olympics due to the rise of Hitler‚ the threat to boycott‚ and one of the most courageous American hero competed. Hitler came to power in 1933 and he vowed to restore pride in the German people. After WW1 Germany took sole blame for the cause of the Great War; consequently‚ the German population entered a depression that completely destroyed the people’s pride. Hitler saw that the upcoming Olympics was a great

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    drinking beer. Adam also sees some of the football supporters as football hooligans. In Adam article he refers to them as “scumbag contingents”. Section B This passage is about the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta where Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the first gold medal for Britain at the Atlanta Olympics. Steve Redgrave was subdued and peaceful until after the medal ceremony. In complete contrast Matthew Pinsent was excited and was showing how happy he was by smiling and punching the air

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    The Sydney Olympic Games held in 2000 was perhaps one of Australia’s major investments. The event involved Private‚ Social and External costs and benefits. The NSW government experienced the Private costs. Financially‚ the government spent around $1.7 billion dollars on the event‚ which included the sporting facilities‚ advancing the city’s streets‚ transport organisation and the village. The takings received for the event‚ however‚ was around $6 million. The profits are still being made today‚

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