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2. List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents

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   Canada's decision was in violation of its agreement with the IOC to allow all recognized teams. Canada agreed to allow the Taiwanese athletes into the country if they did not compete under the name or flag of the Republic of China. This led to protests and a threatened boycott by other countries including the US, but these came to naught after ...

3. Washington State University Vancouver - Wikipedia

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   Washington State University Vancouver also known as WSU Vancouver is a campus of Washington State University. WSU Vancouver is located on a 351-acre (1.42 km 2 ) campus outside of Vancouver, Washington , approximately eight miles (13 km) north of the Columbia River and 17 miles north of downtown Portland, Oregon .

4. History of Vancouver - Wikipedia

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   HMS Discovery was the lead ship used by George Vancouver.In 1792, his expedition charted several points and inlets, including Point Grey and Burrard Inlet.. Spanish Captain José María Narváez was the first European to explore the Strait of Georgia in 1791.

5. Canada–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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   Canada's Governors-General, 1847-1878: Biography and Constitutional Evolution (U of Toronto Press, 2006). online [dead link] Parker, Roy. Uprooted: the shipment of poor children to Canada, 1867-1917 (2008) online; Smith, Andrew. "Patriotism, self-interest and the 'Empire effect': Britishness and British decisions to invest in Canada, 1867–1914."

6. Washington (state) - Wikipedia

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   Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...

7. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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   Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named for George Washington, the first president of the ...