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	Soviet Union - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The USSR was created and expanded as a union of Soviet republics formed within the territory of the Russian Empire abolished by the Russian Revolution of 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920.
		A referendum for the preservation of the USSR was held on March 17, 1991, with the majority of the population voting for preservation of the Union in most republics.
		The fulfillment of the capitalist reforms started in the USSR under Gorbachev can be seen from the fact that in 2005 the Russian Federation became the third country by number of billionaires, who were able to benefit from their former connections in the Communist Party during the post-USSR sale of state property into private hands.
	en.wikipedia.4it.com.pl /wiki/USSR (7007 words)

	Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed on April 21, 1951 and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7, 1951).
		On July 20, 1952, the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Soviet sport was won by Nina Romashkova in the women's Discus Throwing event.
		Although the USSR ceased to exist on December 26, 1991, The Olympic Committee of the USSR formally existed until March 12, 1992, when it disbanded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USSR_at_the_Summer_Olympics (339 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
		In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
		Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1984_Summer_Olympics (981 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1976 Summer Olympics
		The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert, remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was completed only after the Olympics.
		Canada has subsequently hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, and was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the largest city in the province of British Columbia, and it will become the largest city ever to host a Winter Olympics.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics (1559 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	Water Polo Articles - The Olympics Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Olympic Oath, instituted in 1920 and updated in 2000, is taken on behalf of all athletes by a member of the host team.
		The Olympic flag was first flown at the Antwerp Olympic stadium in 1920.
		Although there has always been close ties between the Olympics and Paralympics, in 2001 an agreement between IOC and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ensured that from 2012 onwards the city chosen to host the Olympic Games will also be obliged to host the Paralympics.
	www.prowaterpolo.com /articles/the-olympic-games.htm (994 words)

	Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
		Nevertheless, after Great Britain and France concluded the Munich Agreement with Nazi Germany, the USSR dealt with the latter as well, both economically and militarily, by concluding the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, which involved the engagement of Red Army into Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the invasion of Poland in 1939.
		A referendum for the preservation of the USSR was held on March 17, 1991, with the majority of the population voting for preservation of the Union in nine out of fifteen republics.
		The referendum gave Gorbachev a minor boost, and, in the summer of 1991, the New Union Treaty was designed and agreed upon by eight republics which would have turned the Soviet Union into a much looser federation.
	www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=USSR (7297 words)

	The Summer Olympics, an Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is still disputed which events exactly were Olympic, since few or maybe even none of the events were advertised as such at the time.
		In contrast with Paris 1900, the word Olympic was abused for many contests, such as those for school boys or for Irish-Americans.
		Of the six Olympic games between 1900 and 1920, there were six different distances for the marathon.
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0605/sports/olympics.html (2073 words)

	1964 Summer Olympics
		Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China.
		The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II.
		Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded there.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1964_summer_olympics.shtml (231 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The USSR refused to attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise.
		Tennis returns to the Olympics after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf adds to her four Grand Slam victories in the year by also winning the Olympic title.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1988_Summer_Olympics (588 words)

	Olympic highlights - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		When Communist bloc countries joined the Olympic movement in the post-World War II era, many of their players were on government payroll as military employees — hence, the USSR's "Red Army" hockey team — while other free-world nations made do with bona fide amateurs.
		However, the National Hockey League noticed the international appeal of the NBA's foray into Olympic basketball with the original "Dream Team" at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and opted to allow NHL players to participate in the Winter Olympics, beginning with some of the lesser-profile players at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
		The Americans were trailing the Czechs 4-3 after two periods of the championship game when USSR team captain Nikolai Sologubov came into the dressing room and gestured for the tense, exhausted U.S. squad to use oxygen during the final period.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,36,00.html (1298 words)

	1972 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		The United States also lost an Olympic basketball game for the first time ever (they were 62-0) when the Soviets were given three chances to convert a last-second inbound pass and finally won, 51-50.
		Olympic tragedy: 1972 Revisited: the shadow of terrorism still haunts the Olympics almost 30 years after Israeli athletes were massacred......
		The Olympics of Terror: at the 1972 Games, Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, bringing terrorism to the world stage.......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114715.html (526 words)

	1984 Summer Olympics
		Los Angeles was the only city to bid to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
		After the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the Eastern Bloc, including the Soviet Union, East Germany and Cuba boycotts these Olympics (the USSR announced their intention not to participate on May 8, 1984).
		The People's Republic of China returns to the Olympics after a long absence and wins 15 gold medals.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1984_summer_olympics.shtml (289 words)

	Sports: Olympics always prove memorable
		Truth is, the more we came to really know about the USSR and East German young, as well as suppressed bothers and sisters from kin countries, the more they were like the kids from America.
		Olympics, for me, were the ultimate 1972-96 candy store.
		Olympics are as perplexing as they are alluring.
	www.sptimes.com /News/090700/Sports/Olympics_always_prove.shtml (787 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) wins three gold medals in the swimming pool.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	Special Olympics Massachusetts
		Eunice Kennedy Shriver starts a summer day camp for children and adults with intellectual disabilities at her home in Maryland to explore their capabilities in a variety of sports and physical activities.
		Special Olympics, Inc. is established as a not-for-profit charitable organization under the laws of the District of Columbia.
		Special Olympics is the first charitable organization to implement such a program at local and national levels in the USSR.
	www.specialolympicsma.org /about_us/index.asp?page=timeline (1869 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1956 Melbourne
		It was a team that also featured Marlene Mathews, the bronze medallist in both the 100m and 200m, and the late Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, who was part of the relay team and defended her gold medal in the 80m hurdles.
		But Cuthbert was the one closest to Aussies' hearts and remained so even after she had to pull out of the 1960 Olympics with a hamstring injury.
		She was a sentimental favourite at the 2000 Opening Ceremonies in Sydney, appearing in a wheelchair as she carried the Olympic Torch.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1956.html (1327 words)

	The Summer Olympics — Infoplease.com
		Olympic Preview: Softball - Softball First Olympic Appearance: 1996 by John Gettings Olympic softball is played in fast-pitch...
		Summer heats up for networks: NBC's Olympics is top draw; other networks planning counterprogramming moves.
		Environmental factors in the summer Olympics in historical perspective.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0114337.html (545 words)

	Special Olympics Wisconsin: History
		Eunice Kennedy Shriver starts a summer day camp for children and adults with mental retardation at her home in Maryland to explore their capabilities in a variety of sports and physical activities.
		Special Olympics presented a Special Report on the Health Status and of Needs of Individuals with Mental Retardation, which identifies actions to improve the quality and length of life of persons with mental retardation.
		Students, age eight to 17 with and without disabilities, were paired together from around Wisconsin to share their experiences with Special Olympics, including what it was like having a friend with a disability and discussing ways of reversing stereotypes about people with disabilities.
	www.specialolympicswisconsin.org /general_history.html (2254 words)

	1980 Olympics Hockey Added to Lineup
		Before the Olympics, the all-amateur American team comprised mostly of college players was considered to be no better than fifth best, certainly behind the Soviets, the Czechs, the Canadians and the Swedes.
		Soon after the Olympics was over, 13 of the 20 American players were headed for the National Hockey League.
		Ratings will be based on Olympics games only (with minor adjustments), Barkan said, which means a mere seven games for medal-round teams, and just five for the other teams.
	www.strat-o-matic.com /sphere/holympics.htm (426 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics Summary
		Before the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States Olympic hockey team was not expected to compete for a medal.
		After a year of disappointment and disaster, from the Iranian Embassy takeover to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (a result of which was the boycott by the U.S. of the Summer Olympics in Moscow), Americans were looking for something to cheer for.
		The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
	www.bookrags.com /1980_Winter_Olympics (1204 words)

	Summer Games Quizzes and Summer Games Trivia -- FunTrivia
		Back before the days of ESPN and round the clock sports and millionaire athletes, the summer Olympics was a very special event.
		Match the olympic venues to the correct dates from this list- 1896, 1936, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000.
		After the First World War, the Olympic Games were a sporting tonic for the peoples of the world, after so much bloodshed.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/olympic_games/summer_games.html (597 words)

	The Summer Olympic Games
		1992 was the last year that both the summer games and the winter games were held in the same year.
		After 1992, the summer and winter games are staggered 2 years apart.
		Disclaimer: This web site is not affiliated with or funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) or the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of any country.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/summergames/index.html (76 words)

	Winter Olympics (Lesson Plan) - TeacherVision.com
		Organizers of the 1916 Summer Games in Berlin had planned to introduce a “Skiing Olympia,” featuring Nordic events in the Black Forest, but the Games were cancelled after the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
		Despite the objections of the founder of the modern Olympics Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and the resistance of the Scandinavian countries, which had staged their own Nordic championships every four or five years from 1901-26 in Sweden, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned an “International Winter Sports Week” at Chamonix, France, in 1924.
		The event ended the four-year Olympic cycle of staging both Winter and Summer Games in the same year, and began a new schedule that calls for the two Games to alternate every two years.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /olympic-games/lesson-plan/7708.html (643 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Olympic ice hockey has hosted its share of dynasties and upsets.
		Olympic rules put a premium on a player's hockey sense — the ability to act quickly and positively with the puck and the discipline to know what to do without it.
		A five hole is slang for the space between the goalie's legs.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/icehockey (657 words)

	The Summer Olympics — FactMonster.com
		—The 1940 Summer Games are originally scheduled for Tokyo, but Japan resigns as host after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
		Olympics 2004: Summer Olympics Biographies, A-Z - Biographies of notable summer athletes
		Olympic Preview: Wrestling - Wrestling First Olympic Appearance: 1896 (Greco-Roman); 1904 (freestyle) by John Gettings Did You...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0114337.html (415 words)

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