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    Cosgrove, Ben. The black power salute that rocked the 1968 olympics. Time, 27 September 2014. Web. 28 August, 2016. This article is the black power salute that Smith, Carlos, and Norman that the 1968 olympics. “We were just human beings who saw a need to bring attention to the inequality in our country,” Smith said years later.” This quote gives us more information about why those three athletes did the stand. Crumpacker, By John. "OLYMPIC PROTEST: Smith and Carlos / Statue Captures Sprinters' Moment

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    Stay Dedicated The dedication, time and hard work that olympic athletes put into their sport is mind blowing to many people. They dedicate much of their life to train for the Olympics. Somehow they do not give up or call it a day when they are struggling or having an awful day. They step up to the challenges in their life head on. Each athlete has their own method to stay motivated. Some try to mirror their role models, celebrate the little victories, or make goals. Others have a phrase they repeat

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    of the Olympic Games. This Summer, Brazil’s second most populous city, Rio de Janeiro, will host over 10,000 athletes as well as an expected 500,000 visitors, all ready to cheer their countrymen and women on. While giant brands like McDonald’s and Nike will have (and profit from) a heavy advertising presence at the actual games, small businesses can tailor marketing campaigns toward the event and reap big rewards. Here are some ways you can get creative and leverage this summer’s Olympic games and

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    economic standpoint is a country deciding to host the Olympic games. Host cities of the Olympics often promise that they can gain capital from tourism, attracting new investment from foreign entities, increased trade, and returns on investment in infrastructure. Many countries have seen considerable success in gaining back the money invested into their Olympic games. Salt Lake City’s 2002 Olympics, Beijing’s 2008 Olympics, and London’s 2012 Olympics are all events that stimulated economic

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    International Olympic Committee

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    years, there will be an international sports event held. Under this topic, we are not talking about the FIFA World Cup, which hold in the next month, but the Olympics Games. Most of the Olympics Games can hold successfully, the credit of an international organization is indispensable. This international organization is International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is an international non-governmental and non-profit organization, which constituted itself on 23 June 1894. They also have an unlimited

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    Nazi Olympics Essay

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    The Nazi Olympics The 1936 Olympics in Berlin, also known as the “Nazi Olympics”, was a milestone in the history of the world. All of the attention of the Olympics that year was focused on Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. In 1933, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler became leader of Germany and quickly turned the nation's democracy into a one-party dictatorship. He took thousands of political opponents, holding them without trial in concentration camps. The Nazis also set up a program to strengthen the Germanic

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    The Olympics is a sporting event that lasts about three weeks and is the gathering of the world’s best athletes that compete to earn worldwide recognition. Countless countries bid on the opportunity to hold such an occasion, however, billions of dollars are spent setting up and maintaining this event that will last less than a month. Many citizens argue the point that all that money could be used to better the rundown parts of the city instead of building new stadiums and extravagant facilities.

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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 2016 Olympic Games

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    2016 Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro in August from the 5th to the 21st at 32 different venues. The soccer matches will be held at the stadiums in Sao Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia from August the 3rd to through to the 20th. In July, the Brazilian police arrested and detained 12 people who were suspected of planning an ISIS – inspired attack. There has not been any public disclosure about a credible plot on the Olympic games. Throughout the duration of the Olympic games

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    Olympic Housing Issues

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    with the money that must be spent on these new facilities, there must also be land for them to reside on. Because new land cannot be created, scarcity again comes into effect. This is made apparent through the real-estate market. Often times, these Olympic construction projects take the space of what would be housing developments or other building projects. This can cause rents to rise in the city and its surrounding areas. These cities are also likely to experience the effects of crowding out (The

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