------------------------------------------------- A. K. Ramanujan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan (March 16‚ 1929 – July 13‚ 1993) also known as A. K. Ramanujan was a scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada. Ramanujan was an Indian poet‚ scholar and author‚ a philologist‚ folklorist‚ translator‚ poet and playwright. His academic research ranged across five languages: Tamil‚ Kannada‚ Telugu‚ Sanskrit‚ andEnglish. He published works
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poor"[Robespierre pg49]. He was the speaker of the poor and was a heroic champion of the poor. In addition Robespierre argued that the rights of man should extend to all man including the poor and the slaves. He was also a well know member of the Committee of Public Safety and he made a solid commitment to transforming France into a republic of Virtue[mtholyoke]. As Robespierre gained more power and almost gained absolute power he was no longer the good man he once was. He became corrupted and was
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The modern Olympic movement has been shaped by many differentiating factors over the years. It has been altered by social‚ political‚ and economic factors. More specifically‚ warring times‚ changes to social structures‚ and economic activity that varies by country have been the overall leading factors that have shaped the Olympics over the years. The Olympics have shown over the decades that they can be affected by political conflict. However‚ it seems that this is the point of the Olympics‚ to
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doping bans‚ to be eligible for selection for the London Olympics.Howman said the BOA has until May 18 to revoke its rule or face being reported to the International Olympic Committee for remaining "noncompliant" with the code.The CAS ruling was in line with its decision in October‚ when it threw out an International Olympic Committee rule that barred athletes who had received doping bans of more than six months from competing in the next games.In both rulings‚ CAS said the Olympic bans represented a
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civilisations used mushrooms and herbs to improve their performance. Later in the 19th century substances including alcohol‚ opium and caffeine were used. More recently a number of deaths and allegations of drug taking encouraged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to set up the medical commission in 1967‚ banning the use of drugs and other performance enhancing substances. However it wasn’t until 1990 did the IOC ban the majoritively used substances such as erythropoietin (EPO) and blood doping‚ although
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Lecture 13 The French Revolution: The Radical Stage‚ 1792-1794 The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence‚ either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them. Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10‚ 1794) Inflamed by their poverty and hatred of wealth‚ the SANS-CULOTTES insisted that it was
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declared France a republic and put the king on trial for treason‚ all measures strongly supported by Robespierre. The king was executed in January 1793. Later‚ Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety (Bastille Day and the French Revolution). He soon became a dominate force on the committee‚ and he began to abuse this power. When he started to abuse his power‚ that’s when people didn’t really like him anymore‚ so he was later beheaded. Timeline Date What Robespierre Accomplished
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The Line-Item Veto: The Congressional and Executive Line-Item Committee U. S. Government The founding fathers were afraid of any entity in the new government becoming too much like the monarchs they had fled from. For that reason there are limitations built into the United States Constitution that give each branch of government some control over the other branches. The United States system of government is based on a set of checks and balances that keep one branch
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world together and that can be tarnished if access to watching the events are limited because of the rising broadcast rights. Because of this a highest bidder wins mentality may not be the most beneficial relationship for the International Olympic Committee and broadcasters to partake in. Although it doesn ’t seem that has turned out to be the case. One point missed by the authors is another factor that will continue to escalate broadcast rights fees – that ’s the continued growth of digital video
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The Summer Olympics are arguably the best known events series internationally‚ being held every four years with successful host countries being chosen several years prior to the games themselves. With a successful committee of event developers known as the International Olympics Committee (IOC)‚ planning for the event begins some ten years before the commencement of the games in which extensive research of the best possible location and use of resources is undergone in
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