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Ever since the modem Olympic Games began in 1896, they’ve had their critics. Every form of (36) activity invites trouble. But part of the aim of the Games, when they were first held in (37) Greece, was to discourage war among states by (38) them in a friendlier kind of combat. The spirit of competition in the Games uses up a lot of energy that could be more harmfully (39) . It does a lot of good, getting people to forget their differences in a (40) activity. Any competitor or (41) at the Games or in the Olympic Village will tell you that the atmosphere of friendship there is (42) as if the world were one big family. And the (43) that the press always likes to exaggerate, exist only in a few quarters. (44) . These Games are the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world. (45) . Isn’t this a sufficient reason for continuing them Of course, a few people are going to use them as an occasion for propaganda, but this is no reason why the Games should be canceled. (46) . No! As long as the majority wants it, these Games will continue. This is sport, not politics, and it should remain so.