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They will feel they are in with a great chance now and with the games coming up over the next few weeks, it is going to be interesting.

The games as important as the result, there a bit of that in both cultures, nothing wrong with that.

If the IOC did not see that the 2001 decision to award the games to Beijing was likely to end that run, it was extraordinarily naive.

"It's a strong group and I'm certainly looking forward to the games, " he said.

Since 1896 the Games have been held every four years, except for a break during the years of the two World Wars.

The Beijing News did not specify whether the odd-even system would be used for the Games.

In all the games I've been playing I think I have done quite well and I'm just trying to take my opportunities and see how things go.

She appears to be the only protagonist in the series to be thrown into the events of the games with no formal preparation to defend herself.

What a thriving scene . . . ah . . . I imagine, imagine, how much hope the Games will come quickly.

And his critics also said the games had become over-commercialized and riddled with performance-enhancing drugs during his leadership.

A month or two before the games begin, the sun's rays are used to kindle the flame on a torch atop a mountain in Olympia, Greece.

The athlete is among the most photographed and talked about athletes of the Games so far - and that may not even be for her event.

Beijing environment officials have vowed to publish air quality forecasts up to a week in advance during the games.

At least four Iraqi athletes are coming, and I hope for a little more at the Games time.

It is not even enough to be the best in the country, for each competitor must be able to reach the standard expected for entry to the Games.

The large number of volunteers for the Games and people in the whole city are ready to host the friends from all over the world, Wang said.

But despite the threats, the minister said the general security situation for the Games is stable.

If a sporting spectacle was all that was promised, the games would be an unproblematic affair.

The Beijing opera currently has no program and the Olympic stadium has idled since the end of the games.

And yet at the Olympics we do not consider that the games are staged for the benefit of the athletes.

One very important thing will be that during the games you are able to work at least seven days running.

And yet as the Games come to a close, here in Sheffield as well as all over Britain, a patriotic delirium has descended.

For a bit of diversion, try a game in the Games folder. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Games, and then click a game.

he began to think of all the games he had planned for this day.

He also said the games and sports in life to occupy important positions, are trying to combine the two.

The games have been a tough act for a nation that has never hosted such a large international event.

The embattled OC Chairman also hit out at the critics of the Games and said he was ready for any inquiry post the Games.

The last arena, for swimming and diving, is due to be ready by July 27th, exactly a year before the games begin.

some of the games automatically send invites to all the friends of everyone who plays to try to spread the word.

I'm beginning to wonder if he even watches the games when he is in the studio.

' 'Scandinavian referees do not have the right to serve the games involving English clubs - that's my opinion, ' he said.

Part of China's pitch for the Games was an explicit promise that it would improve its record of censorship and media harassment.

She was almost unable to walk. Her coach had to ask her to quit the games and she was un-able to display her awe-inspiring manners.

Cable TV channels and news outlets have dutifully been trying to give Americans a crash course as the Games approach.

because Beijing is ready to make all preparations necessary to host the Games.

The games had all spent at least five hours a week on action games in the previous year.

B: Well, a lot of the games were pretty silly. I don't know how much it helped us to be a better team, but i think everyone had a good time.

With the games that have been created so far, the best way to put the game to sleep is to stop the timer on the form.

He said the city had targeted black taxis prior to hosting the Olympic Games in August, but they started to reappear once the Games ended.

and football at the new wembley stadium . visitors to the games will be able to experience all that london.

Given the age and interest of learners, game strategy strives to let the primary students play, learn and grow up in the games.

We're enjoying training and the games and there would be nothing better than to win a trophy in the next couple of years.

Civic leaders in London and Los Angeles said they might be able to take the Games instead, if they worked quickly.

Regarding Milan's next opponents, he said: 'The games with Cagliari and Monaco are different.

So this time I watch the World Cup with him. It's interesting that after I watch the games, he spared some time to talk to me.

Mr. Luo said the Olympic pork may be distributed in the general market after the Games.

It is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Game. At the end of the Games, the Olympic Flag is presented to the next host city.

"There is a corps of volunteers coming from different parts of the world where Mattel has offices to volunteer at the games, " she said.

We had argued that the games would be a waste of money and a great inconvenience to our home city.

In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics and during the Games, officials clamped down on indoor smoking in Beijing.

The report also said the U. S. Olympic Committee will ship 11-thousand kilograms of beef, chicken and pork to the games.

Bettylikes the games, painting and singing, but she wants to be near her mother, so Ms Brace is very worried.

There is no doubt that China's domestic media will present the Games as a glorious national achievement.

We had a good trip to Asia, we've all worked hard and the next step is to put that into the games.

Apparently, he chose to leave school, thinking that he could have the freedom to go to the games arcade and have fun to his heart's content.

With the Games officially announced the beginning of each class followed by admission to the ranks of marching parade performances.

Yang said that human-rights groups and foreign politicians were violating the Olympic Charter by trying to 'politicize' the Games.

She said the Chinese government expects as many as 30, 000 foreign media personnel (accredited and unaccredited) to cover the games.

But the Hammers are hoping to pip Spurs in their tussle for the tenancy of the Olympic stadium after the games in London next year.

The 'games' are winding down, and it is time for the dark to give up and let our Earth allies assume the reins of authority.

A State Department official said the U. S. Embassy in Beijing has been tasked with similar duties for the games in China.

President Bush stood amidst the athletes in their red and blue team jackets, and spoke of his own memories of the games in Beijing.

Some competitions of the games have kicked off since the beginning of this year and the whole games will end on August 16.

Now that the games have actually started, a viewer can find live broadcasts of everything from archery to volleyball all day long.

American flag draped over his shoulders, Cejudo ran around the venue crying, in one of the more moving celebrations at the Games.

I followed the games of the quarter finals with a lot of interest and I was sorry not to be there.

You have written to tell me that your community wants the Games and I am delighted to have so much support.

Console game systems represent a huge segment of the games market within the United States, Japan, and parts of Europe.

These things mainly appear in the games and novels, cartoons, it may come up in the real world, but not a real weapon.

The blue skies that blessed events after the first few days of the games were more the result of temporary measures than long- term policy .

Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, said he could not rule out boycotting the opening ceremony for the games.

So the American public is reading tables counting the total number of medals, including silver and bronze, won at the Games.

First, Chinese officials themselves said the games would bring human-rights improvements. The opposite is true.

The games can connect to any game server, as required by the infrastructure provider of a specific game.

By his calculations, some 90% of a country's performance in the Games medal tally is determined by these political and economic factors.

They're also hoping to make a big impression on the thousands of visitors expected in London for the Games.

the Games because he thought they were similar to the French education system, which combined moral and social education in school games.

The ceremony, which appeared to go off flawlessly, sought to draw a curtain over New Delhi's preparations for the Games.

The games are going to be hard, so we need to make sure we get off to a strong start.

However, none materialised and the Shanghai composite index continued to fall as the games got under way.

And over the course of the game, in some games it's going to feel good in the beginning, in some late in the games.

A cable-car rides the arch up to a skydeck where visitors can view the games from above or take in sights of the city and the nearby ocean.

Xiamen city center for young people sent to the games , complex and simple so that the children could have played very happy .

Awarding the Games to China was widely seen as a risky strategy, likely to be good for business but potentially harmful for the IOC's image.

Jeff: You know, the ancient Olympic Games were the world for men only. Women were not allowed to participate in or watch the games.

The games brought people together from the company's sites all over the UK.

Instead of payments, the experience of participating in the Games with a certificate at the end of the event are the main rewards.

Whether athletes, coaches, or the general public in Jinan, have devoted great deal of enthusiasm to the Games.

But for China, the games are just as much a display of vibrant modernity as a sporting event.

"My mom gets car sick so I am kind of worried, " Manzano said of the long flight that will bring his parents and a brother to the Games.

Of course you have to know the opposition, especially these teams. I watched a bit of the games on the Sunday after we played at Sunderland.

The same goes for any form of boycott of the Games themselves in August, be it of the opening ceremony or other events.

Less clear is whether the games will pay the kind of political dividends that China had hoped for domestically and abroad.

In the television interview yesterday, he said attending the games helped build a relationship of trust with China.

Some even become another excellent singers, they were all in the Games this game floor, chopped his talents.

"We originally planned that Petr will go there to watch the games too, but he stayed at home, " he said.

London's bid for the games promised that "the most enduring legacy" would be the regeneration of its rundown eastern districts.

Each urinal is fitted with a pressure sensor, and a small digital display is placed at eye level. Digital adverts are shown after the games.

Of all the games of 2010 murder mystery Heavy Rain for the PS3 was one of the few that truly delivered.

and contributions to the cost of sending athletes and officials to the Games and of administering and analysing doping tests.

Instead, preparations for the games have degenerated into some of the ugliest verbal confrontations for years between China and its critics.

The festival came at a perfect time because we were starting to feel homesick -- the games and group lunch together made us feel at home.

The IOC had said previously that it had verified the passports of all athletes competing at the games.

The games provide practice with beginning phrases as well as vocabulary builders to help language learners increase their knowledge.

What? Olympic-inspired ready-to-wear collections and accessories for those who want to look elegantly laid-back while the games rage on.

Since the games started today and I just now got the idea I'm a little late, but that's ok, we have enough time.

A series of worst-case scenarios are to be played out in March and May, just months ahead of the Games' opening.

In terms of the stature and history of the clubs, it might not be as good, but the games are still tough, especially away from home.

The whirlwind of construction that has enveloped China's capital in preparation for the games has been a feast for Arup.

But a year after the games, about 60% of those gains had evaporated.

The ancient stadium AT Olympia, first used for the Games nearly three centuries ago, will stage the shot put competitions.

Mr Bhanot also insists that India will be ready to host the Games, to be contested by 8, 000 athletes from 71 nations in October next year.

"If we allow political propaganda, it's the end of the harmony of the Olympic village, and the end of the harmony of the games, " he said.

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Instead, it has issued news releases and held news conferences before the Games to call attention to its cause.

During the Games, it was the site of the amazing opening ceremony and world record-setting track meets.

The United States has hosted the Games four times, more than any other country.

When boxing was added to the Games, there was no boxing ring, nor were there any rounds.

One of the features of the modern Olympic Games is the torch which is taken from Greece to the country where the Games are to be held.

What's done is done and all we need to talk about in the next few days is the games we have got coming up.

Let us thank the media and all the staff who have worked so hard to make the Games such a great event!

He was always at the games at Old Trafford and obviously had the history of playing for the club as a Busby Babe.

In the lead-up to the Games and after, separatist groups allegedly staged several fatal attacks on Chinese security forces.

Even in the security-conscious build-up to the games large riots were reported in several Chinese towns over local abuses of power.

At least one top-ranked runner has decided to skip the games because of the city's often choking air.

If not well managed and organized, the big event may not be so profitable, and the new facilities may be forever empty after the games.

Within each element of the array is a hash table that includes the name of the event and an array of the games played.

Inflation of expectations at opening ceremonies began at least with the Disneyfication of the games at Los Angeles in 1984.

The blue sky, each stone, each piece of grass and the clear water are all blended to tell of people's efforts and enthusiasm for the Games.

It is one of the games we have found the hardest and the scores have always been close.

It's similar to the glamorous Olympic stadiums that were all constructed by migrant workers, who then left town before the Games began.

Changes to road management during the Games are likely to have "broadly neutral impact on air quality" , Transport for London said.

By the time the games kicked off, the city was in much better shape, though a new litany of woes soon appeared.

His statement came after European sports ministers and Olympic committees came out against any boycott of the Games on Monday.

The games proceeds with each team attempting to control the ball, move it down the field, and score a goal.

The stadium is called "The Bird's Nest" because of its shape; it's one of the many sites around Beijing put in place just for the Games.

Bellofiore said he was primed for the Games and looking forward to training on Beijing's unique slalom course.

Athens plan to have the touch carried to all five continents and most of the cities that have previously hosted the Games.

The games are the largest global event held in Taiwan in decades following years of isolation.

It wants to hold the Games in a mountainous region on the country's northeast coast near the small town of Pyeongchang.

I would say after the games and what they meant to the fans, the community effort was the next biggest thing.

Lauren Diamond, a victim of advertising agency layoffs shrugs as she waits in line for the games, "I'm seriously sad, " she says.

Wang Tian Xiu is a smartly dressed lady living in London who has come for the games.

Joan: No way! I watch the Games to see the world's best sportspeople compete. I would be distracted by nudity!

The second option prevailed Friday in a vote by the company in charge of the Games' legacy.

In the run-up to the games, the government has mobilised unimaginable resources to make its capital a shining symbol of its success.

The months leading up to the Games, though, showed China at its clumsy, ill-tempered , and repressive worst.

Youth athletes coming for the Games will also be able to find out more about Singapore and Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Even if the warring sides have put down their weapons and prepared to Olympia, participate in the Games.

Athletes from all over the world have arrived in the Games village and engaged in pregame physical training for the Universiade.

The best place to put the cheese programs is in the Games folder in the start menu.

And the former Olympian said that the bid to host the Games in London relied on the support of local people.

The punters, mostly young technophile men, bought the games from a shop, played them for a few weeks and then put them away.

I was also inspired by London winning the games and I thought, 'I want to be a part of that. '

Beijing city officials have been considering a plan to cut the number of cars on its roads by half during the Games period.

The games were meant to be a coming-out party for India to cement its reputation as a growing regional power.

"The International Olympics Committee should publicly press China for a moratorium on all executions during the Games, " said Adams.

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If the well-known ancient sites deliver a great sense of history to the Games, the 39 new venues add a modern touch to the city of Athens.

With the Games officially announced the beginning of class followed by the ranks of admission.

It is to make sure athletes don't skip the Games (as a few are) for fear of the air.

I hope to keep my fitness, I will gain confidence with the games and I think I will show more of what I can do on the pitch.

But we have to look to ourselves. We have to win the games and I am sure we will finish in the top four at the end of the season.

China has been working toward change in various areas during its years of preparations for the games.

Despite the Soviet boycott, the Games became one of the greatest athletic spectacles in history.

Some of the games were very feisty, but I think the character and the personalities within the teams have changed.

The games are also a front for the attempted resurrection of a grubby part of East London, involving new railways and utilities.

Since all four of these nations could bring fans to the games and purchase television rights, their inclusion would probably pay for itself.

More. . . Nonetheless, the controversy over the games highlights the gulf between India's lofty ambitions and its often messy reality.

After the hard training of a life time, every athlete deserves a medal in the Games, no matter whether he won or not.

But to China's surprise, its behaviour abroad, particularly in Sudan, has been the focus of Hollywood's ire in the run-up to the Games.

In a statement, Mr. Cheek said, 'I am saddened not to be able to attend the Games.

Then even at the stadium it is hard to control the emotions but most of the games we won so that was the better part of this.

The IOC and corporations defended awarding the Olympics to China because, they said, the Games would serve to open China to the world.

The games arrive at a time when videogame sales industrywide could use a little firepower.

Manners dictate that places be reserved for the host country's athletes, in case they do not qualify for the games on their own merits.

In a welcoming speech, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed the Games as a proud moment for his country.

the games industry, like the film industry, is becoming increasingly polarised between hits and misses.

The company will also let workers swap shifts , take extended breaks and request days off to watch the games on television .

Arouse the children's interests of English in the games and conversation.

On the other hand, you can play all the games that you know and love from the comfort and privacy of your own home.

The Nets are planning to do some marketing around the timing of the Games to capitalize on coverage of Yi.

When London was awarded the games six years ago, much of what is now the Olympic Park was a dirty, unsightly scar.

It was only on the day the treaty was signed that the attendance of Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the Games was confirmed.

In visits to three locations during the Games, very little was on offer, despite the apparent existence of hundreds of products.

There is no let-up in the games and three days after facing Lazio, Milan are off to Padova to play newly - promoted Treviso.

The city's notoriously polluted air remains one of the biggest question marks hanging over the games, which begin Aug.

You should not always complain the managers, the injury-plagued , the bad luck. . . when your team lose the games.

Or LeBron James telling a reporter, 'If it weren't for the games and the practices, I'd really enjoy being an NBA player. '

Look of the Games manages one visual expression of this design vision, planning and producing all the materials for the Games time look.

Political controversies leading up to the games would only heighten viewers' curiosity, Mr Pilson argued.

The general public as well as industry experts will play and vote for the games.

The owner of one upmarket nightclub says he had been expecting a packed house "all night, every night up until dawn" during the games.

Public bodies may be left even more out of pocket if receipts from the sale of land and buildings after the games are lower than expected.

From the games gorgeous screen and the degree of rigor Operating System have exceeded the general FLASH small game.

The artists and craftspeople who made the medals say that the winners will take a special piece of Canada with them when the Games are over.

When asked what original intention would lead them to volunteer, about half of them said they were "willing to do something for the Games" .

Then the games start getting to a higher level and you'll hopefully see a bit more flow.

"We now have to retrieve the games, " he said this week.

Yet in many ways the reverse is true: the Games have been an excuse for the party to assert control over an increasingly disparate society.

The games we thought we would win and the ones we thought Man Utd would win, did not go that way.

Therefor, I got up in midnight for watching the games.

But Thorpe, who never wanted to practice, but never lacked confidence in his ability, was the Americanhero of the Games.

All trace of such romanticism is now being extinguished in the cause of cash and comfort for the games' organisers.

How you dress and react in the 'post apocalyptic' world affects almost everything around you in one of the games of the year.

The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, and the Indian President Pratibha Patil proclaimed the Games officially open.

But it said more could have been done to work with grassroots groups and reduce the Games' total carbon footprint.

That led to calls for a French boycott of coverage of the games if transmissions were censored.

The flowers now being grown are part of a broad government drive to ensure Beijing puts its best foot forward for the games.

I remember when I assisted him at the World Cup in 1986 and I got a little excited at one of the games.

'It is not our role to politicize the Games, no matter where they may be held, ' IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies wrote in an e-mail.

And then, there are the tourists from all over the world. Kirk Patrick traveled from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to enjoy the Games.

Senior Chinese security officials have said Xinjiang separatists are one of the most pressing threats to the Games.

The only advantage in bundling the games with a regeneration project is that expectations of regeneration can become self-fulfilling.

The costs of constructing London's 2012 Olympic venues have risen since the city won the right to host the games.

So I call on all of you to support the games. Maybe we won't hold it again in 30 years, but I will support it forever.

The Chinese leadership's crackdown no doubt chagrined those in democracies who advocated giving China the games.

Congress party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters, 'Please do not judge the Games . . . before they are held. '

Well, other than sparking the creators of the games with our character ideas and gags that we used in the film, unfortunately not.

Fans with large England flags will be stopped from entering, also, and none of the games will be played on the big screens.

The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented.

Although the Stratford development was planned well before the Olympics, were it not for the games it would not have been built now.

Sony had expected the Olympics to boost demand for a month and a half in June and July before the games, Nagata said.

Let's celebrate the Olympics for what the Games are meant to be -- a bridge for friendship, not a playground for politics.

The mayor of the host city of the Games passes the Olympic flag to the mayor of the next city hosting of the Games.

The threat of violence is probably being overstated by the authorities to justify suppressing any kind of peaceful protest during the games.

Mark Evers, says much of that work was focused on being ready for the Games.

and Democritus, a philosopher, were all participants in the Games.

FC on the Games had a balloon the island's cell phone again, as long as the step on someone else's balloon burst on to win.

And displays of patriotic fervour were also centre-stage when China followed the Games with its first space walk last month.

Britain has set an Olympic record nine months before the games begin in London next July.

"It will be cold and windy in Doha during the Games, but we are not able to simulate the conditions here, " the Korean was quoted as saying.

Once the games begin, Americawill probably be knocked off the top of the medal tables by China. Thatwill be a shock to American pride.

Crucial to maintaining residents' support for the Games, polls suggest, is convincing them that their dollars will not be spent.

Back in August, Tang's ordinariness was cause for relief: authorities quickly figured out that he wasn't a terrorist, and the Games went on.

The games will also be LIVE on Chelsea TV Online so Blues fans around the world can follow the action.

Of all the buzz around the Beijing Olympics, the most puzzling is the idea that the Games will "introduce" Americans to China.

After that it queries the games table to see what's available.

For this position, please provide a list of the specific areas you designed in the games included on your resume.

Failure to understand the games and the terms and idioms derived from them hinders communication.

His statement came after European sports ministers and Olympc committees came out against any boycott of the Games on Monday.

The prime minister was present at the trackside when Cavendish failed to win Team GB's first Gold of the Games as expected.

Heat are one game away from taking it all! ! ! I wish i could be at the games!

Once the games begin, America will probably be knocked off the top of the medal tables by China.

But the ordinary man is cynical; he believes, rightly or wrongly, that Germany is using the Games for her own ends.

Women were forbidden, with death as the punishment, even to see the games.

The questions, for Ye at least, may be over for now. She is not scheduled to swim again at the Games.

In the run-up to the Games, Chinese authorities, looking to head off troubles, say they have stepped up antiseparatist activities.

Especially with the games it might be faster to go to a check point without waiting line of other racers.

I was hoping I could be involved in one of the games this week and that's happened.