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The Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984, reimagined the Olympic Games and reinvigorated a troubled Olympic movement. Its innovations included the following: a nationwide torch relay that yielded millions for children's charities, an arts festival that surpassed any prior efforts, the first Opening Ceremony featuring a professional theatrical extravaganza, new sports disciplines, such as distance races for women, windsurfing, synchron...

The Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984, reimagined the Olympic Games and reinvigorated a troubled Olympic movement. Its innovations included the following: a nationwide torch relay that yielded millions for children's charities, an arts festival that surpassed any prior efforts, the first Opening Ceremony featuring a professional theatrical extravaganza, new sports disciplines, such as distance races for women, windsurfing, synchron...

Since September 11, 2001, the extensive literature on the United States's image abroad, by popular pundits and academics alike, leaves the reader with a false impression that foreigners' views of America are normally negative and impervious to change. In fact they are complex, emotional, frequently internally contradictory, and often change quickly. Barry A. Sanders corrects this misimpression with a rigorous and insightful textual analysis of...