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"For most of the twentieth century the 'Mr America' image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr America Contest became the world's premier bodybuilding event over the next thirty years ... Interviewing nearly one hundred major figures in the physical culture movement (including twenty-five Mr Americas) ... [this] captures the event's path to idealism and its slow descent into obscurity...

The author of Mapping Human History follows six American high school students on the quest for glory in the Olympics of math competitions, the International Mathematical Olympiad. Each summer six math whizzes selected from nearly a half million American teens compete against the world's best problem solvers at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Steve Olson followed the six 2001 contestants from the intense tryouts to the Olympiad's nail-biting...

The International Mathematical Olympiad competition is held every year with the final taking place in a different country. The final consists of a two day exam with the contestants being challenged to solve three difficult problems each day. This book contains the questions from the finals taking place between 1986 and 1999 inclusive. For each problem the author has included at least one solution and often remarks about alternative approaches and...

This is the 10th biennial Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Tonight's performances include representatives from Ireland (soprano Franzita Whelan), Argentina (bass Carlos Esquivel), Latvia (mezzo-soprano Elîna Garanca), Korea (baritone Tito You), and the Ukraine (soprano Maryna Vyskvorkina).

A biennial event attracting singers from every corner of the globe that compete for opera's most coveted crown in the world's most prestigious vocal contest. This episode features performances from David Kempster, Lisa Russell, Tómas Tómasson, Petia Petrova, Dae-San No, the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, conductor Carlo Rizzi, and accompanist Ingrid Surgenor.

Chronicles 275 problems from the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC 12 and AMC 10) for the years 1995 through 2000, including the 50th Anniversary AHSME issued in 1999. Twenty-three additional problems with solutions are included.

Planning competitions are used in public and private projects as an instrument for optimising the design and selecting planning partners. For both small and large projects, the organised, fair, transparent and specialist process helps to improve the quality of urban development, buildings, open spaces and art. Like its successful predecessor title, this book documents the competition procedures coordinated by [phase eins]. in recent years. Founded...