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Rows of Opportunities: Art of the Olympians Is Planting the Seeds of Excellence

Posted on June 4, 2008 by cathy oerter — 3 Comments ↓

by Cathy Oerter – USA – I ran through the Iowa countryside, young and carefree, unaware of the life I had been richly blessed with. It was just me and the breeze and the green methodical cornfields. The gravel roads,…

Beijing Under Olympic Pressure: Tibetan Activists And Vocal Spokesperson Detained

Posted on August 8, 2007 by louise belfrage — 1 Comment ↓

by Louise Belfrage News Editor, The WIP – Sweden – Yesterday, August 8th, was an auspicious date, symbolically, for China – it was one year to the day before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Unfortunately, a well known and extremely effective…

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