this is the Olympic Games. The Olympics involve many different sports and countries from all over the world. One sport is swimming. Swimmers from different countries train and prepare‚ and then compete in the Olympic Games. An Olympic swimmer from the USA is Michael Phelps‚ who won several medals. Fans of each swimmer come together to cheer for and support the swimmer. In this way‚ whole nations join together to cheer on the representative from their country. A second part of the Olympic Games is
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Ancient Greece The Ancient Olympics “And Time‚ in passing onward‚ clearly told the plain story‚ how Herakles divided the spoils that were the gift of war‚ and offered sacrifice‚ and how he ordained the four years’ festival along with the first Olympic Games and with contests victors.” * Pindar Olympian Ode 10.55-59 Even though there were other games within Greece‚ the Olympian Games became the most famous. The man credited with the creation of the games was none other than the hero and
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OLYMPIC RENT-A-CAR US CASE STUDY STUDENT: JOSÉ FILIPE SOUSA CARVALHO SUMMARY Olympic is a US rent-a-car company facing some changes in the market it operates. A competitor company (Enterprise) is changing its loyalty program. Olympic managers have to evaluate the impact of those changes and to take actions in order to respond correctly to those changes without losing market share and if possible taking advantage of the situation. The aim of this study is to evaluate those changes and to propose
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Angela Cusumano November 28‚ 2010 Portfolio Review Committee University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago‚ Illinois 60607 Dear Portfolio Review Committee‚ My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I
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best case scenario for a few reasons. Many commissions (or boards of trustees) have been made by pioneers to deal with the numerous issues confronting constituents and discover arrangements by evaluating the current circumstances. The Brownlow Committee‚ which was named after the administrator Louis Brownlow‚ gave the principal formal appraisal of government associations from an administrative point of view in a report in light of the consistent battle for hierarchical control. The report‚ called
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The Olympic games were brought back by a man named Pierre de Coubertin when he made a speech to the Athletic Society of France in 1892 (Doc 1). Since the games came back they have shaped the economies‚ national pride and the social changes in multiple countries. The economies of the countries who host the Olympic games generally have a boost in the economy. With a few exceptions like South Korea. Even with the Olympic games being hosted in Seoul‚ none of their companies were selected as top
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INDIA AND MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES By Neeraj Kumar Mehra Research Scholar An Essay Submitted to Professor. Ian Jobling Professor. Karl Lennartz Professor. Kostas Georgiadis December‚ 2010 India 1 Contents Introduction I. II. III. IV. V. VI. India and the Olympic Movement Indian Olympic Association‚ formation and contribution India and Modern Olympic Games Recent developments in Olympic movement in India Conclusion Annexure VII. Bibliography 2 INDIA AND THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT Introduction The
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when health workers are not around Today they do many different things. Some of those things include getting blood donations to save people’s lives‚ they help in disaster reliefs‚ they help military families and veterans‚ help with international services. International services they help communities all around the world. No matter where in the world it is Red Cross helps people affected by disasters. They help get shelter to the people who need it from the disaster‚ they also collect and give relief
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Museum‚ 2010. Web. 05 Feb. 2013. "Founder Clara Barton." Clara Barton. Red Cross‚ n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2013. “Women in History”. Clara Barton biography. Last Updated: 2/5/2013. Lakewood Public Library. Date accessed 2/5/2013 . "Clara Barton and the International Red Cross Association"‚ Clara Barton papers‚ Library of Congress‚ reel # 109‚ beginning at frame # 409‚ Sep. 17‚ 1862. 17 Sep. 1862. Wed. 05 Feb. 2013 Collier‚ James Lincoln‚ and Greg Copeland. The Clara Barton You Never Knew. New York: Children
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Olympic torch The Olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus‚ where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In contrast to the Olympic flame proper‚ the torch realy of modern times‚ which transports the flame from Greece to the various designated sites of the games‚ had no ancient precedent and was introduced by
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