Despite the bad financial situation, Athens staged the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, which proved a great success.

EA Games confirmed the production of expansion packs due to Spore's financial success, later releasing Spore: Galactic Adventures in 2009 as well as several spin-offs and " parts packs ".

Despite the initial success, the Olympic Movement faced hard times, as the 1900 ( in De Coubertin's own Paris ) and 1904 Games were both swallowed by World's Fairs, and received little attention.

For his part in the games ' success, Heydrich was awarded the Deutsches Olympiaehrenzeichen or German Olympic Games Decoration ( First Class ).

The staging of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, generally viewed as a success ( albeit an expensive one ), was viewed as a plus for Bracks and the government.

Accounts of the success of operations research during the war, publication in 1944 of John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior on the use of game theory for developing and analyzing optimal strategies for military and other uses, and publication of John William's The Compleat Strategyst, a popular exposition of game theory, led to a greater appreciation of mathematical analysis of human behavior.

All of the projects had to be approved by the Swiss government, and justified by its impact on the success of the Games.

Its success led to a wave of other popular fighting games, such as Mortal Kombat by Midway Games, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters ( 1992 ) by SNK, Killer Instinct ( 1994 ) by Rare, and The King of Fighters ( 1994 – 2005 ) by SNK.

After these Games, Crawford met with further success, winning the 100 metres event at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1977.

He showed that his success was not an accident, winning the 100 yard dash at the inaugural British Empire Games ( now known as the Commonwealth Games ) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and setting a World Record in 1930.

Mesmo has been a success for GSNby October 2010, Games by GSN had over 8 million active users.

The success of Athens in securing the 2004 Games was based largely on Athens ' appeal to Olympic history and the emphasis that it placed on the pivotal role that Greece and Athens could play in promoting Olympism and the Olympic Movement.

Totally Games realized from this that strong storylines were a major reason for the earlier games ' success.

Culturally they were opposed to competitive winter sports, particularly skiing events, despite the success of Norwegian athletes at previous Winter Games.

After the relative success of the second edition C & S sank into obscurity for a number of years, mainly from the lack of support of Fantasy Games Unlimited ( FGU ).

Following the announcement of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Overhaul Games announced their intention to make overhauls of more games set in the Dungeons & Dragons universes, at first naming only Planescape: Torment, but that such a release would depend on the success of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Following the failure of her preferred Free Your Vote, and her " success " in defeating BC STV, Carr focused her energy on a lively province-wide campaign opposing the 2010 Winter Olympic Games bid.

IMAX recently has been moving forward with digital projection with recent success with The Hunger Games and The Avengers and the format has also aided in the company's worldwide growth, especially in Russia and China.

Throughout the history of the modern Olympic Games, the theme of the United States as a melting pot has been employed to explain American athletic success, becoming an important aspect of national self-image.

Young played a significant role in the success of Atlanta's bid to host the Summer Games.

Continuing success encouraged the 21-year-old Elliot to travel to Athens for the first modern Olympic Games.

Reasons for forgoing the post-Olympics Worlds have included skaters needing rest for physical and mental exhaustion, and / or Olympic medalists wanting to go professional to cash in on their Games success.

The project was a TfL-funded Games-enabling project in its investment programme ( and not a project specifically funded as a result of the success of the London 2012 Games bid ).

There have been attempts to hold Winter Pan American Games throughout the history of the games, but these have been without much success.

So important was the war to Aeschylus and the Greeks that, upon his death, around 456 BC, his epitaph commemorated his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon rather than his success as a playwright.

Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success.

Perhaps most important for determining the success of both the Greens and the SPD was the increasing threat of war in Iraq, which was highly unpopular with the German public, and helped gather votes for the parties which had taken a stand against participation in this war.

" Non-cooperation " enjoyed widespread appeal and success, increasing excitement and participation from all strata of Indian society.

Lucretia Mott stood to offer another resolution: " Resolved, That the speedy success of our cause depends upon the zealous and untiring efforts of both men and women, for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit, and for the securing to woman an equal participation with men in the various trades, professions and commerce.

A significant contributing factor behind the success of smuggling operations comes from the participation of corrupt officials.

The success of the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, spurred an increase in participation in winter sports ( and alpine skiing in particular ).

Boerne High School has been noted nationwide for its excellent Advanced Placement program, which has unusually high participation and success rates compared to similar schools around the United States.

Indian Affairs again sought to ban native participation in 1925 without success.

The brothers recognised the publicity that could be obtained for their vehicles by participation in motor racing and Renault made itself known through achieving instant success in the first city-to-city races held in Switzerland resulting in rapid expansion for the company.

Mackey, Gas and McDonough had similar findings in 2000 and attributed the success of this method to the student ’ s active participation in the corrective process ( Russell, 2009 ).

The band originally found their biggest success in Japan, while in North America, they are best known for their participation in the hit PBS Kids game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

The success of game-based learning strategies owes to active participation and interaction being at the center of the experience, and signals that current educational methods are not engaging students enough Experience with and affinity for games as learning tools is an increasingly universal characteristic among those entering higher education and the workforce.

With participation in the regular Mississippi Democratic Party blocked by segregationists, COFO built on the success of the Freedom Ballot by formally establishing the MFDP in April 1964 as a non-discriminatory, non-exclusionary rival to the regular party organization.

Humphries ' success is a tribute to the tremendous skill, style and insight — and hard work — that he invests in performing two-and-a-half hour shows of entirely original material, laced with ad-libbing, improvisation and audience participation segments.

The program ’ s success is due to partnerships with Federal and State government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private businesses, and volunteers who have helped to recognize and honor thousands of teachers and students throughout the United States for their participation in conservation related activities.

Both Spacek and Loretta Lynn, the subject of the film, have said that they believe Apted's outsider point of view was crucial to the movie's success in securing the participation of Appalachian residents and to the avoidance of stereotypes that previously had marred portrayals of mountain culture.

The failure of this increasingly centralised reform has proven to decentralisation advocates that stakeholder participation in the governance process is crucial to the future success of fisheries governance.

The success of Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen spawned coaching institutions which were set up to groom girls in pageant participation skills.

The University is noted for its success in encouraging wider participation in higher education.

The university is noted for its success in encouraging wider participation in higher education and is the only university in Britain where the majority of undergraduates are from working-class backgrounds and almost one in five comes from an area of low participation in higher education.

Young Spartan men who had completed their training at the agoge with such success that they were marked out as potential future leaders would be given the opportunity to test their skills and prove themselves worthy of the Spartan military through participation in the krypteia.

The federation hoped to use the high incomes generated from the recent success of the national team, including from participation in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, to allow the stadium company to charge high rent for the international matches and Cup Finals, thus quickly eliminating the stadium's debt.

Another success has been the naturalization of Tajik refugees in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the participation in citizenship campaigns enabling 300, 000 Estate Tamils to acquire citizenship of Sri Lanka.