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Is the Olympic Ideal Dying?

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Dr. Bucher

More than sixty years ago, my father, Dr. Charles Bucher, wrote an article that appeared in The Reader’s Digest. Dad was a Professor at New York University and the author of more than twenty textbooks on the subject of physical … Continue reading →

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Restoring the Olympic Ideal

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Dr. Bucher

What is the Olympic ideal? Is it countries competing with each other in various sports every four years? That sounds pretty close to what we have now, but it is a far cry from what Pierre de Coubertin had in … Continue reading →

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