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Describes the "other" Olympics: the Special Olympics for the mentally retarded and the Paralympics for the physically handicapped. ... Read more

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Coinciding with the Special Olympics 25th Anniversary Celebration and Games in Los Angeles in June 1994, an attractive collector's edition commemorates the history, participants, and greatest achievements of the games for handicapped persons. Original. 20,000 first printing. Tour. ... Read more

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Special Olympics
I think that this book is very good if you are looking for an informational book that allows you to research where, when, why and how the special olympics have taken place. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 2002. The length of the article is 370 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Officers celebrate 20 years of The Law Enforcement Torch Run[R]. (SOI).(Special Olympics)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 18Issue: 1Page: 10(1)

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At the time of the hostage-taking, the 1972 Munich Olympic Games were well into their 2nd week and there was a joyous mood. The West German Olympic Organising Committee had encouraged an open and friendly atmosphere in the Olympic Village to help erase memories of the militaristic image of wartime Germany, and, specifically, of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which had been exploited by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler for propaganda purposes. The documentary film One Day in September claims that security in the athletes' village was intentionally lax and that athletes often came and went from the village without presenting proper identification. Many athletes bypassed security checkpoints and climbed over the chain-link fence surrounding the village.
The absence of armed security guards had worried Israeli delegation head Shmuel Lalkin even before his team arrived in Munich. In later interviews with journalists Serge Groussard and Aaron Klein, Lalkin said that he had also expressed concern with the relevant authorities about his team's lodgings. They were housed in a relatively isolated part of the Olympic Village, in a small building close to a gate, which he felt made his team particularly vulnerable to an outside assault. ... Read more

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DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR CASH!!!!!!!!!!!
Written as a thesis, it's amazing that his Professor didn't giver him an 'F' and then toss this poorly written pamphlet into the trash bin.Very disjointed and repetitive for something that purports to be 'the true story of the Israeli response and the development of independent covert action teams'.There is nothing new or informative here.If you do order it, don't set to much time aside to read it.I opened the cover soon after boarding my flight and I was done with it before we went wheeels up.Maybe 20-25 minutes at the most.At least it put me into an almost comatose state for the rest of the flight.

A Great Book on the FACTS behind the Munich events and
the Israeli/Mossad response that followed. The fictional story of the reteliation of the rogue/freelance team headed by Avner is sexy and great for a movie but it had precious little history behind it. This book tells you the true story and it analyses, dissects an makes sense of the birth of independent covert teams that todays terrorists namely Al Quada mimics. The author is a professional soldier/marine so his account and views are highly regarded as expert analysis on terror cells. ... Read more

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Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present.Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis. ... Read more