Official definitions of sport have important implications because they identify the activities that
A. receive the most financial and political support.
B. attract attention global attention and increase tourism.
C. reflect the cultural traditions of average people.
D. are best for the general health of people in a society.
Answer: A
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If one uses a more reasonable assumption that a poverty-line family should spend only 20 percent of its income for food, and if one uses a food budget level that is the bare minimum for a year, then the poverty level would have to be set much higher
, and the actual number of poor people might be __________ the official figure. Fill in the blanks with correct word
The term __________ refers to the process whereby nonmedical problems become defined and treated as illnesses or disorders
a. medicalization b. demedicalization c. non-medicalization d. remedicalization
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A. public schools; religious or parochial schools B. tuition-paying private schools; public schools C. schools, education that may occur almost anywhere D. education in developed countries; education in less developed countries