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OLYMPIC PRIMER   I. INTRODUCTION   II. HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES -Ancient Olympic Games -Birth of the Modern Olympic Movement -The Olympiads -The First Modern Olympic Games   III. THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT -Olympism -The International Olympic Committee -National Olympic Committees -The US Olympic Committee -Host Olympic Cities   IV. SYMBOLS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES -The Olympic Rings -The Olympic Flame -Olympic Medals -Summer Olympic Mascots -Winter Olympic Mascots   V. ATHLETES AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES -Who May Enter the Olympic Games? -How Are Athletes Selected for an Olympic Team? -Fair Play and the Athlete's Oath   VI. ISSUES OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES -Amateurism -Television -Doping -Women & the Olympic Games -Politics -Commercialism   VII. THE MOST RECENT OLYMPIC GAMES   VIII. THE MOST RECENT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES   IX. PAST OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE UNITED STATES -St. Louis 1904 -Lake Placid 1932 -Los Angeles 1932 -Squaw Valley 1960 -Lake Placid 1980 -Los Angeles 1984 -Atlanta 1996 -Salt Lake 2002   X. TOMORROW'S OLYMPIC GAMES   XI. OLYMPIC GAMES BIBLIOGRAPHY