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Daley may face toughest test after losing Olympics
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Sun-Times News Group Capturing Olympic gold for Chicago would have solidified Mayor Richard Daley's builder legacy and provided a bonanza of federal funds, jobs and contracts to bolster his prospects for re-election in 2011. Will losing the Olympics mark...
Tags: Chicago Journal, Barack Obama, Richard Daley, summer games, Rio de Janeiro, olympic loss, International Olympic Committee, Tokyo, IOC, Shintaro Ishihara
2nd-guessing: '1st-round fluke'? Poor politicking?
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility Following Friday's stunning vote by the International Olympic Committee that sent Chicago packing, the Olympic world was abuzz about what went wrong. Perhaps it was the 45-minute wait for a one-on-one chat with first lady Michelle Obama, as one IOC member...
Tags: Chicago, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Colorado Springs, Copenhagen, Michelle Obama
Obama's Fail In Bid To Bring 2016 Olympics To Chitown.
In what came as a slap in the face and a repudiation of America by the International Community, the Obama's failed in an all out effort to bring the Olympics to Chitown in 2016. Not that Rio De Janeiro does not merit the bid, but once the...
Tags: Olympics, Chicago, IOC, Rio De Janeiro, Barack Obama
Loss shows bitter political rivalry
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility The International Olympic Committee fancies itself a force in global affairs. As in the case of breaking Olympic ground by giving the 2008 Olympics to China, the world's most populous country, Friday's vote was a chance for the IOC to say that by giving...
Tags: Brazilian, Rio de Janeiro, South America, Barack Obama, International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, IOC, Chicago, olympic games
Rio de Janeiro Wins Bid for 2016 Summer Olympics
As I had predicted in previous articles, Rio de Janeiro won the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The IOC announced the bid five minutes ago in Copenhagen, Denmark. This will mark the first time that the Summer Olympics will be hosted in South...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, olympics, Summer Olympics, IOC
Rio wins thanks to Lula and economic muscle
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Rio de Janeiro, rank outsiders a year ago, on Friday became the first South American city to be awarded the Olympics, winning the 2016 Games thanks to the eloquence of President Lula and some new-found economic muscle. A year ago Rio looked a most unlikely...
Tags: olympics, 2016 olympic game, summer olympics, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Barack Obama, Swaying International Olympic Committee, olympic games, Tokyo, IOC
Obama Stumps for Chicago’s Bid
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago’s bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the line as well. Arriving here after...
Tags: Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, olympic games, Copenhagen, Tokyo, IOC, Madrid, president barack, summer olympic, Barack Obama, Denmark
2016 Olympics Chichago bid
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility The Chicago team bidding for the 2016 Olympics are on the cusp of achieving something amazing, said 1996 Paralympics gold medalist Linda Mastandrea here on Thursday. With just 24 hours to go before the final presentations and the vote by the 100-plus...
Tags: Francis Nyangweso, IOC, Chicago, Denmark, Copenhagen
Michelle Obama wears Maria Pinto at IOC Copenhagen
Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett in a show of unity and organization will wear matching outfits by designer Maria Pinto when they address the IOC in Copenhagen this week. Maria Pinto is a Chicago-based designer responsible...
Tags: Michelle Obama, maria pinto, IOC, copenhagen, chicago olympics
Michelle Obama meets Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Michelle Obama will meet with Queen Margrethe II of Denmark this week on her trip to Copenhagen to pitch the IOC on the Chicago Olympics 2016 bid. President Obama will meet the Queen of Denmark as well as Prime Minister Lars...
Tags: Michelle Obama, queen margrethe II, IOC, olympics, chicago
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