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    The Olympic Games

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    The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece and What They Represented The ancient Olympic games were primarily part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the Games were held in Olympia‚ a rural sanctuary site in western Peloponnesia. The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honor of their many gods and Zeus. The Isthmos games were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years

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    I believe that golf should be in the Olympics for several reasons. The first reason is that golf is a very popular sport and is played in almost every country in the world. The second reason is that it meets the standards to be an Olympic games. The last reason is that because baseball and softball are being dropped from the Olympics‚ which makes room for golf. Firstly‚ golf is a very popular sport‚ being play in almost every county in the world. Even Antarctica has an ice golf course. Golf

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    Olympic Games

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    Olympic Games The Olympic Games started off as a series of athletic events to honor the gods. The games have begun in the early 700 BC in honor of the god Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate. The games were held every four years. In honor of the god Zeus a statue was built out of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor. In the games 100 oxen were sacrificed and many athletes would make sacrifices themselves. In the games boxing was a brutal sport

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    Olympics Is Rhetoric

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    Mitchell September 6‚ 2012 Olympics: Worldwide Forum Rhetoric is defined as “the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing” and “language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience”. It can also refer to describing meaning as a whole or “a vehicle for meaning whose aim is often to identify‚ inform‚ or persuade an audience.” The Summer Olympics and rhetoric do not sound like they have anything to do with each other‚ but in fact‚ the Olympics is one of the most communicated

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    Modern Olympics

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    When and where was the first Modern Olympic Games held? How many countries and athletes participated? How many countries and athletes competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2010 Vancouver Games? 1896 Summer Olympics was the 1st celebration of the modern Olympic Games. They had 14 nations participating and 241 athletes competed. In Beijing in 2008‚ there were 204 nations that competed with 10‚942 athletes. In 2010‚ the Vancouver Games had 82 countries competing with 2566 athletes.

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    Summer Olympics

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    The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad‚[2] and also more generally known as London 2012‚ was a major international multi-sport event‚ celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games‚ as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ that took place in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event‚ the group stages in women’s football‚ began two days earlier‚ on 25 July.[3][4] More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs)

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    Target

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    2011 Annual Report TARGET 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Financial Highlights Total Revenues $69.87B $67‚390 $69‚865 $64‚948 $65‚357 $63‚367 EBIT $5.32B $5‚272 $4‚402 ( Earnings before Interest Expense and Income Taxes ) Net Earnings $2.93B $2‚849 $2‚920 $2‚929 $2‚214 $2‚488 Diluted EPS $4.28 $3.33 $3.30 $4.00 ’10 $5‚252 $5‚322 $4‚673 IN MILLIONS IN MILLIONS ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 IN MILLIONS

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    Ancient Olympics

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    History of the Ancient Olympic Games The Ancient Greek Olympics were not only sporting events‚ it was a celebration to honor the great and powerful Zeus. The Ancient Olympics were held every four years at the famous Olympia‚ a district of Elis‚ here all free Greek men were allowed to compete. The first record of the Olympic Games was held in 776 B.C. The main sports were the Pentathlon‚ the Equestrian Events‚ Pankration‚ and Boxing. The Pentathlon was the name for the five events in Greek gymnastics:

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    Ann Simon Target: From “Expect More” to “Pay Less” The macroenvironmental factors that affected Target’s performance during the period were connected to the demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political‚ and cultural. The change in demographic is related to the economy because when there is an unemployment it will create households income to drop while the households expenses increases. Since Wal-Mart is all about low price and Target is all about style and brand‚ Target thought customers

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    Olympic Game

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    Olympic Game is the world’s biggest festival of sport and are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of atheletes will take part in a variety competitions. Pierre De Coubertin‚ founder of modern Olympic Game said that “The important thing is not so much winning as taking part.”This has showed that the spirit of sportsmanship of an athelete who take part in the Olympic Game is important than any prizes or medals of the game. So

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