Xxiii Olympiad

Author : Ellen Galford
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1987944208
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book XXIII Olympiad written by Ellen Galford and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: XXIII Olympiad, the twenty-first volume in The Olympic Century series, tells the story of how Los Angeles overcame Cold War posturing to make Olympic history.In retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the Soviet Union and 16 other Eastern Bloc countries declined to attend the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. But in spite of the absence of some of the world's best athletes, Los Angeles produced many memorable Olympic champions. The book profiles Carl Lewis, who matched the great Jesse Owens with four golds in track and field; and Carlos Lopes, who won the first-ever gold medal for Portugal and set a record in the marathon that would last 24 years. The L.A. Games also saw the debut of women's marathon, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, as well as the dominant performance of the US "e;Dream Team"e;, which thrilled basketball fans around the world.Following Los Angeles, the book explores the Winter Olympics of 1988, held in Calgary, Canada. Heroes of Calgary profiled include Italian skier Alberto Tomba, who won two golds; Katarina Witt of East Germany, who won her second consecutive gold in figure skating; and the unlikely ski-jumper Eddie "e;The Eagle"e; Edwards of Great Britain, who became a huge fan favourite. In the marque event of the Games, American Brian Boitano beat out Canadian Brian Orser by one-tenth of a point for figure skating gold.Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1282 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defense Department Authorization and Oversight: Title III, operation and maintenance written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Close
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113424889X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beijing Olympiad written by Paul Close and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stage is set for the Beijing Olympiad to be the greatest mega-event, sporting or otherwise, in history. Still, the issues taxing many minds include whether the Beijing Games will be successful; whether they will be wrought with and wrecked by troubles; and who they will benefit. What value will the 2008 Games be to the people of China? Will they mainly serve the purposes of the dominant political, economic and cultural groups at and between the local, regional and global levels of modern social life? The Beijing Olympiad examines these among other questions, providing a range of original insights of interest to an array of scholars, researchers and students from Sports Studies to Sociology, Politics, Economics, International Relations and Legal Studies.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1284 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Title III, operation and maintenance written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1308 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Statutes at Large written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
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Download or read book Joint Resolution to Provide for Timely Issuance of Grants and Loans by the Environmental Protection Agency Under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1985 to Ensure that Eligible Local Educational Agencies Can Complete Asbestos Abatement Work in School Buildings During the 1987 Summer School Recess written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 1984 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2668 pages
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Download or read book Sports around the World [4 volumes] written by John Nauright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 2668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1396 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defense Department Authorization and Oversight written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Llewellyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317502450
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games written by Matthew Llewellyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history of the modern Olympic movement. Fresh off the back of the financially disastrous Montreal Games of 1976 and the politically controversial Moscow Games of 1980, the Olympic movement returned to the United States for the sixth time in an attempt to salvage the economic viability and global prestige of the Olympics. The Los Angeles Olympics proved to be both provocative and polarizing. On the one hand they have been heralded as an overwhelming, transformative success, ushering the Olympic movement into the modern commercial age. On the other hand, critics have repudiated the Games as a manifestation of commercial excess and a platform for western political and cultural propaganda. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles Olympics, this volume examines their legacy. With an international collection of contributing scholars, this volume will span a range of global legacies, including the increasing commercialization of the Games, the changing participation of women, the Communist boycott movement, nationalism and sporting identity, and the modernization and California-cation of the Games. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.