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    Shaun White is a professional snowboarder that competes in the Olympics. He is currently 31 years old. He has competed in the Olympics in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018. He was born on September 3, 1986 in San Diego. In 2006, 2010, and 2018 he received a gold medal doing the halfpipe. In 2014, he got in 4th place doing the halfpipe. Shaun feels very proud of himself after he wins a gold medal. Shaun White feels that snowboarding is very fun and entertaining. He has brown eyes and red hair. He was

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    The Olympic games originated in ancient Greece around the 8th century BC as a contest between city-states. The modern Olympics were re-started in 1896 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin as a competition between the best athletes from each country. Now countries and cities compete to host the Olympic games, which are held every 4 years, with winter and summer games alternating every two years. In submitting their bids the countries are required to show how hosting the games will deliver a positive economic

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    This book details multiple stories where Erik Larson connects them through the events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The dominant characters, Daniel Burnham and H.H. Holmes never actually meet one another. The novel begins with Daniel H. Burnham, a famous Chicago architect, aboard the Olympia ship during the year of 1912. Burnham has a flashback to the 1893 World’s Fair, in which he was one of the leading architects. He decides to sends a wire message to a fellow friend from the fair

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    Sporting Mega Analysis

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    The sporting mega events that were chosen for our analysis was the Summer and Winter Olympics, the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games. These 3 events are the largest mega events in the world, and are excellent representations of sporting mega events as a whole. We wanted to go as far back as our data indexes allowed us to go, which was the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, so we made that our starting point. Our goal was to look at all of the bids made for the mega events, and look at a selection

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    a sustainable and measurable economic outcome’ (Harry H. Hiller, 1998, vol1, no.1). With the main focus being the sports mega events of the Olympics and FIFA World Cup. The modern Olympic games began in 1896, since then, there has been a significant increase in the number of bidding candidates. Which has led to an increase in the funds invested in the Olympic bids. Increased expenditure on bids provides evidence, that the future host nations, believe major rewards will be reaped through hosting. These

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    Summer Olymoics

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    2012 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "2012 Olympics" redirects here. For the Winter Youth Olympics, see 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. For the Paralympic Games, see 2012 Summer Paralympics. "London 2012" redirects here. For the video game, see London 2012 (video game). Games of the XXX Olympiad | This is the clear version of the official logo. There are four official base colours, and another version for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For

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    CANTONESE REGIONAL CUISINE (Chinese flag, 9 April 2015)

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