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Greek Culture and the Original Olympic Games

of the Games. Whether they existed before that year is unknown, and there was debate many years ago as to whether 776 BC could be...

The Use of Mascots in the Olympic Games

Olympic game of the host country". This may be a cynical perception of the Olympic mascots, but with the higher levels of investme...

Culture and the Olympics of Ancient Greece

match for the ultimate prize, "possession of the earth" (Lovett, 1997, p. ix). The exact date of the competition also varies, and...

'Smashing Kick Fist Way' of Taekwondo

In eight pages this report examines the taekwondo martial art as a sport and examines how at Sydney's 2000 Summer Olympic Games it...

Greek Virtue

the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...

Chinese Olympics and International Relations

The following examination and analysis of current literature endeavors to determine the role of the 2008 Olympic Games as an issue...

Moscow's 1980 Olympic Games and Russia's Popular Culture

towards the attack, the United States Olympic team boycotted the event. "In 1980 it was a symbolic stand, backed up with all sort...

Comparison of Greek Art: Getty Villa Museum

the colors, whereas the Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming is a black figure painting because the figures are in black. Des...

The Application of Game Theory

the market were large and there were a number f player then the situation may be a degenerate game, where the payoff will only be ...

The Film “Munich”

do it because you believe in the mission, but there is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating" (Schick...

SPORTS EVENT AND THE BIDDING PROCESS

This is why, for example, U.S. President Barack Obama flew to Copenhagen last fall in a concerted effort to bring the 2016 Olympic...

Host Nation Hotel Industries and the Effects of International Events Such as the Olympics

Demand 9 3.1.1 Price 9 3.1.2 The Price of Substitutes 11 3.1.3 Price of Complimentary Goods and Services 12 3.1.4 Advertising 13 3...

China’s Involvement with Tibet

hierarchies strengthened (Tibet - Its Ownership and Human Rights Situation, 2003). But it became clear that China was the predomi...

New York and Hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics

in Colorado Springs lobbying for New York City (Brennan, 2002). Olympian Bob Beamon, who broke the long-jump record in the 1969 G...

1936 Olympic Games in Berlin

statement that Social Fascism and Nazism actually worked. At the time, the Games did the job: Shirer noted that "the athletes from...

Olympics and Impact of Technology

In five pages the Olympic Games are examined in a consideration of the impact of technology regarding communications, transportati...

1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

In 1968 the events that shook Chicago during the year 1968 including the raucous DNC with conflicts resulting from the war in Viet...

Olympic Games, Professional Athletes, and Prejudice

In six pages this research paper considers professionalism as it relates to the Olympic Games and keeping them free of prejudice. ...

Meaning of the Olympic Games

In six pages this paper examines the purpose and global expansion of the Olympic Games in this historical overview. Five sources ...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

Chicago's Greek Community

In eight pages this paper discusses Chicago's Greek culture and community in an historical overview that includes such topics as t...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

Acceptance But Not Soul Mates After Five Years

house, the meals, and my life. Fiona never seemed to bother much with my brothers but she seemed to take a particular interest in...

Original Sin in the Characterization of Pearl in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how original sin is represented by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the characterization of Pearl in The S...

Creative Short Story Romance

In five pages this paper presents an original short story romance which is followed by an explanation of the narrative form used....

McCarthyism and Anti-Communist Action During the 1950s

becomes apparent that the coverage of the matter was varied, but there was seemingly a government preference. After all, people in...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

Void of Popular Culture

In seven pages this paper discusses how popular culture's void is being unsatisfactorily filled by video games and other types of ...

Greek Literature as Reflective of Greek Culture

to the outside, the cave becomes a type of conduit, or birth canal which brings him into the life of actual knowledge. What one ca...

Convergence Culture; the Case of the Game Call of Duty 4

games. Against this background it may be argued that Call of Duty 4 could have been perceived as reaching the end of...