Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Achieving this unhappy state of rejection , is not all that easy since the U.S. desperately wants its Presidents to succeed. Too often political critics measure a President against perfection. The public does not. Voters, after all must choose a warm body rather than an ideal. The scrutiny given the presidential contenders reveals each one's strengths and weaknesses, which are then compared...
...Israelis in Munich, the African boycott of Montreal, the U.S. no-show in Moscow, and now, the big nyet from Chernenko and Co. Nor do prospects for the future look good. The 1988 Games were awarded to South Korea, thereby presenting Big Brother to the North with an ideal opportunity to wreak havoc upon its estranged friends to the South. And of course, Soviet-South Korean relations being what they are, the Russians could easily decide to stay home again...
...circle of political one-upsmanship and ideological posturing must be broken if the Olympics are to survive. What is to be done? Well, for starters, we must move the Games to a permanent location in a relatively neutral country. History and sentiment tell us that Greece would be an ideal home for the Olympics; the knowledge that the Turks and Cyprus are right next door dictates otherwise...
...take advantage of the commercial and political fruits of the Olympics governments and industry must first acquiesce and pay homage to the ultimate Olympic ideal they must participate...
...participating, for whatever reasons, a nation serves the Olympics ideal of bringing the athletes and nations, of the world together Attempts at political or commercial exploitation, however blatant and conniving are always subordinate to the broader goals and ideals of the Games. In the Olympics athletes and nations compete first and only secondly get a chance to peddle products or ideologies...