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Word: jigoro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...coming "from a small and not very strong group of extreme Nationalists or Fascists," announced a 5,000,000-yen ($1,450,000) budget for a Tokyo Olympic village. On his way to Cairo, Egypt, where the International Olympic Committee was shortly to convene, Japan's Delegate Jigoro Kano snorted: "I know of no reason for anyone saying anything about abandoning the games. The war in China? That's nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nothing in China | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

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