 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Divine Spark; At the age of 86, Dame Muriel Spark continues to spin high comedy from human frailty.
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Byline: DAVID SEXTON
FORTY-FIVE years ago, Muriel Spark published a novel called Memento Mori about a group of people in their seventies and eighties. They are haunted by a mystery caller who rings them and pronounces one sentence: "Remember you must die."
And they do. The book is a "brilliant and singularly gruesome achievement", as one of Spark's great admirers, Evelyn Waugh, remarked.
Now Dame Muriel is 86 herself. Does she think she got old age right, back then, when she was barely in her forties? "I can see where I missed out a few things," ...
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COLUMN: Modern Olympic gold finds way to wrong pockets
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...the water of the Olympic monster and advertising...the International Olympic Committee said Take...principles ), the modern Olympics boil down...television interview, two Olympic bobsled hopefuls...mortgage to get to the Games, once they arrive...clean venues, event sites such as the ...
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 "Express & Echo (Exeter UK)")
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Flame's origins lie with theft from zeus ; The Olympic Flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since.
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK)
; The Olympic Flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire...Amsterdam, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. The Olympic...celebration of the Olympic Games at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia...
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Proposed L.A. Coliseum Olympic Enhancements Combine Historic Integrity and Modern Offerings.
PR Newswire
; ...Olympic Flair for 2016 Games; Elements Preserve Landmark...bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games (SCCOG) today...facility to host two Olympic Games Opening and Closing...Coliseum has been the site of ...
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As Olympic host, Beijing strives to keep both modern and ancient faces
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...to the Beijing Games, the host city...from beneath the sites of 18 Olympic venues. In one...excavated from the site of the Olympic shooting range...parks in which no modern architecture is...major heritage sites like Shichahai...
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Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (3rd Edition).(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Sport Journal
; ...Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (3rd Edition...Dictionary of the Olympic Movement presents...guide covering the modern Olympic movement, including...the Ancient Olympic Games and continuing through...specifics about the site selection, the number...
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 "Instructor (1990)")
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Let the Games Begin!(The 2000 Olympic Games, in Sydney, Australia, offer rich and fun-filled teaching opportunities)
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990)
; The 2000 Olympic Games, in Sydney, Australia...same way that the Olympic Games begin: with...10, an official Olympic torch was lit in...where the first Olympic Games took place...clippings or Web site printouts about their...footrace for men. The modern ...
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Blooming marvellous -budding gardeners given the chance to design a great British Garden on the Olympic Park.
M2 Presswire
; ...on the London 2012 Olympic Park thanks to a...RHS), 'The RHS Olympic Park Great British...Shropshire, whose games inspired Pierre de Coubertin to found the modern Olympic movement. Amateur...for a quarter acre site expressing the unique...
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Going for the gold; Greece is ready for the Olympic Games.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...an Athens Olympic Games that will unite the...the International Olympic Committee, the private...easier than ever. Modern Athens has never...capitalized on its Olympic opportunity to build...security expertise. Modern Athens has never...Louis still out of site, the leader - ...
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PANASONIC TO DONATE OLYMPIC HISTORY VIDEO TO SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
PR Newswire
; ...video, "100 Years of Olympic Glory," to schools...with world-renowned Olympic videographer Bud Greenspan...highlights the drama of the Modern Olympic Games, and teaches history...including 22 manufacturing sites, and companies that...
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SWIFTER, HIGHER, STRONGER.(origins of the Olympic games)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
; ...47. The Olympic Games are held in a different...and carried to the site of the games by a series of torchbearers...been the case in modern times. The 1916...Australia, the 27th modern Olympics, are scheduled...torchbearers has carried the Olympic torch by foot, plane...
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