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sports
That international sports success in the late 20th century involved a contest between systems located within a global context was vividly displayed in the sporting struggles of the Cold War era. From ...
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
That international sports success in the late 20th century involved a contest between systems located within a global context was vividly displayed in the sporting struggles of the Cold War era. From ...
microscope
In the early 1940s Soviet physicist Sergei Y. Sokolov proposed the use of ultrasound in a microscope and showed that sound waves with a frequency of 3,000 megahertz (MHz) would have a resolution ...
Rogge, Jacques
As a former Olympic yachtsman, Belgian Jacques Rogge was no stranger to rough waters, but he faced a flood of problems when he took over the helm of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July ...
Arms Race in Sporting Goods
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Hershey
unincorporated community within Derry township, Dauphin county, south-central Pennsylvania, U.S. It is situated 12 miles (19 km) east of Harrisburg. The community was founded in 1903 by the ...
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Commercialism has never been wholly absent from the Games, but two large industries have eclipsed all others-namely, television and makers of sports apparel, especially shoes. The IOC, organizing ...
Olympic Games
Commercialism has never been wholly absent from the Games, but two large industries have eclipsed all others-namely, television and makers of sports apparel, especially shoes. The IOC, organizing ...
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