Word: gamesmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Angeles Olympics next summer will be the pride of capitalist gamesmen. For what the Yugoslavs whimsically call "the other Olympics," they have gathered $140 million from worldwide TV rights, $3 million from Coca-Cola, and various other millions from 22 corporations, including the Miller Brewing Co., Nikon and Kellogg, to put on something of their own commercial Games. Unlike the Los Angeles production, however, the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games have required a great deal of construction. And far from refusing individual contributions as the Los Angeles committee has, the Sarajevo organizers have politely accepted $10 million from 1.4 million citizens...