5/12/13 BBC News - India’s Olympic performance INDIA 13 August 2012 Last updated at 06:48 ET India’s Olympic performance India’s haul of six medals‚ including two silver and four bronze‚ is the country’s best performance to date at the Olympic games. Sports writer V Krishnaswamy looks into the future for team India and how to build on this success. The world it seems has taken the escalator‚ but Indians are still using the staircase. From 1996 to 2004‚ it was one at a time‚ then it be
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India first participated in Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The country was repre sented by Norman Pritchard‚ an Anglo Indian who was holidaying in Paris during that time. The Indian Olympic Association is responsible for the preparation and participation of competitors in the Olympic Games as well as in Regional events like Commonwealth and Asian Games. There is a separate federation at national level in each game/sport which assists the Indian Olympic Association and preparation of
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The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games With the Olympic games being held in Sydney this year‚ I wondered if perhaps the performance of the economy was being affected in part by the fiscal stimulus provided by Olympic construction in Sydney and other parts of the country. Australia’s economy has been performing well recently‚ suggesting that there might be some effect. Over the last five years‚ growth in Australia’s gross domestic product has averaged 4.35%‚ almost a full point above it’s thirty
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The ancient Greek civilization had many contributions that helped explain its significance in history. During the Archaic Age‚ there were many economies and cultures. One economy were the coins. Although‚ the Greeks did not invent coins they did use coins to their advantage. They improved the design of the coins and the circulation of them. The Greeks added stamps to both sides of the coins for identification and made them of silver (Dutton 48). The Greeks used the coins for “collection of taxes
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the religion is different or the laws contain different morals‚ every country has its differences and similarities. Han China and Greece are two highly successful early civilizations. Both countries have different‚ but good‚ opinions and ways of thinking. Han China and Athens had a great deal of differences just on their physical features. The country of Greece was broken into city-states. The main most important city-state is Athens. Each city-state had mostly mountains and water separating
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Should the Olympics have a permanent home? Today the modern Olympics consist of summer and winter games although the ancient Olympic games were only a series of competitions restricted to a few games and a few people. The Olympics symbolize with five intertwined circles representing all five continents of the earth‚ giving the meaning that the games are opened to the whole world. Olympics is a major international event which gives the thousands of athletes the opportunity to participate in variety
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Between 600 BCE and 600 CE‚ many empires throughout the world rose to power as a result of powerful military organizations that allowed them to defend themselves and conquer new land. Forceful armies were especially important in both Rome and Greece‚ where their dynamic military permitted them to dominate and expand their territories‚ thus increasing their empire’s power and influence. Most notably in the Roman Empire‚ the strong martial force led the state to victory in several battles‚ including
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Ancient Greece: A Time Of Great Cities And Lives Ancient Greece was an interesting time and place with huge markets in which people could sell items of every kind. Strict laws with even stricter penalties if broken‚ a place where women were did not have as many rights as they do today‚ and along with the most outstanding army in their time. A quote that goes along with this time is; "I have killed one I have killed two -- the vampire who said he was youo." - Sylvia Platts. Likewise in the
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Document 1: This quotation is from Socrates‚ who lived from about 470 to about 399 B.C. “The unexamined life is not worth living” Q: Who was Socrates‚ and what was he suggesting in this quote? Document 2: This quotation is from Aristotle‚ who lived in Greece from 384 to 322 B.C. “Since human reason is the most godlike part of human nature‚ a life guided by human reason is superior to any other…For man‚ this is the life of reason‚ since the faculty of
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will continue to bid for 2020 Olympic Games despite the European Debt Crisis.In fact‚ Spain has lost three opportunities for hosting the Olympics and expects to boost their floundering economy as well as providing more employment position through conducting the Olympics.The value of hosting Olympics has been extolled loudly by the candidate host country. Does holding the Olympic Games really bring benefits for the host country? It may be stated that hosting Olympics may increase the expenditure of
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