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    of the Olympic games, there has been many changes on how the Olympic Games has come to be interpreted and how they are generally viewed in our modern era. These views range from, Nationalism fueled by the Olympic Games, Women trying to create equality through the Olympic Games, Economic supremacy shown by the Olympic games and the responsibilities held by countries and the self-preservation of a country when presenting the Olympic games. Each view states an interpretation of the Olympic games through

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    (Evaluation of a bid) Evaluating a bid: Vision, Legacy and Communication- The importance of having a legacy to the Olympics games is vital. It requires a sense of creativity that brings awe to the mega event. This includes new ventures and stadiums to host the games. Also it means to not damage the Olympic Brand which plays a part in legacy. Overall concept of the Olympic Games- This is like a business plan that will in turn explain layout for the ventures and its overall idea. The landscape

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    The Olympics is a traditional game for the fittest athletes to participate in modern sports. The Olympics might be a traditional game for the toughest people need the best equipment like in Sochi 2014. `They put the challenge and made the first aerodynamic gear for ice skating for the girls and men’s team. They have been developing this gear for two years. This shows that the Olympics are the best and competitive game for both genders. The girls in the Olympics when they were granted permission they

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    The Olympic games originated in Athens in 776 B.C. The more popular modern day Olympic games began nearly 2300 years later in 1896. The games no longer represented a religious festival, but a sports competition instead. The games can be studied via multiple aspects such as political, social, and economic, but this paper will concentrate on the economic aspect of the games and more specifically, the macroeconomic impacts the games possess. It is evident that hosting the Olympics games is no walk

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    The Olympic Games, hosted in London of 2012 has sought out to be an economical benefit to the surrounding areas. The increase of tourism and advantages of exposing the community allowed for a semi stable financial aftermath. A. Direct spending, is the amount of dollars spent from local industries to local industries, employees, and/or shareholders, for the initial round of visitor spending. Meaning, products, services and goods businesses purchase to accommodate for visitors. While, indirect spending

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    The Olympics are a symbol of celebration of the entire world coming together in one city to celebrate sportsmanship and athleticism. However, one very important question has been raised, especially in the new era of being aware of our global impact: how sustainable are the Olympics? Pulling from the system thinking from Meadows, the purpose of the Olympics is to unify the world and celebrate hard work and dedication. The amount of people that come to the city for the Olympics and the facilities that

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    Every four years, the entire world congregates to watch the Olympic Games. Here, thousands of the world’s greatest athletes compete for glory. The modern Olympic Games started only in 1896, but the ancient Olympic Games began over two-thousand years before. The ancient Greek Olympics were an important part of the Greek culture and were celebrated for hundreds of years, during which the political and cultural borders shifted. The athletic games held in Olympia during ancient Greece exemplified the religious

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    The Ancient Olympic Games celebrated culture and politics as much as athleticism. Examining the Ancient Games through these lenses reveals a contradiction between fostering national Greek unity and the rivalries between Greece’s many city-states. Every four years, tens of thousands of Greeks from hundreds of different city-states came together to compete against each other in sports but also to conduct politics and important business. On the one hand, the Games were grounded in religion and myth

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    <b>Introduction</b><br>Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations, but have also been a hotbed of political disputes and boycotts. The Olympic games started thousands of years ago and lasted over a millennium.. The symbolic power of the Games lived on after their demise, and

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    What are some benefits from the Olympic games on ancient civilizations? well there are many benefits from the Olympic games. for example when a person won the games you would be reworded with a victory wreath. when Nero the roman emperor wanted to participate personally in an event he demanded that the Olympic games be postponed to fit his personal agenda as said in the passage.the passage also stated that when the time came to race Nero was thrown from is chariot but he was still given the victory

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