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CHAPTER V

THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY

"Go ahead, Jack! You've got to win!"

"Don't let 'em beat you, Bill. Put it all over those Rovers."

"Oh, Jack, don't let them get the best of you!" cried Ruth.

"You've got to win!" screamed Martha.

"Here is where Glutts shows 'em what the _Yellow Streak_ can do!"

So the cries ran on as the two bobsleds slowly gathered momentum and started down the long slope leading to Clearwater Lake.

At the beginning Glutts had a little the better of it, because the right side of the slide seemed to be more slippery than the other. He was the first to gain the top of the nearest rise and he shot over this while Jack's bobsled was still climbing the slope.

"Hurrah! Bill Glutts is ahead!"

"He said the _Yellow Streak_ could beat any thing in this vicinity."

"Oh, do you really think Glutts will win?" questioned Ruth anxiously, as she turned to Dan Soppinger.

"Well, I should hope not!" answered Dan.

"If he does win there will be no holding him down," put in Ned Lowe, another chum of the Rovers. "He'll crow to beat the band all winter."

Forward went the two bobsleds, each steersman doing his best to guide his sled where running might be the easiest.

Just as Jack topped the first rise and started to speed down on the other side, he saw Bill Glutts start to resume his old tactics. The bully was running close to the center of the course, and now he overlapped the other side by at least six inches.
1. What does Gluttts show them?
2. Does Dan want the Glutts to win?
3. Was Glutts nice?
4. What was he?
5. by how much did he take over the other side?
6. who noticed that?
7. when?
8. how?
9. what did he see?
10. were they trying to take difficult routes?
11. what were thy trying to do?
12. guide them where?
13. were they going backwards?
14. what was the chapter title?
15. was Glutts ever winning?
16. who won in the end?
17. who was another friend of the Rovers?
18. Was he yelling negative things?
19. Who had an advantage in the beginning?
20. how?

Numbered answers:
1. what the _Yellow Streak_ can do
2. no
3. no
4. a bully
5. at least six inches
6. Jack
7. Just as he topped the first rise
8. as he sped down on the other side
9. Glutts start to resume his old tactics
10. easiest
11. guide their sleds
12. where running might be the easiest
13. no
14. THE DEFEAT OF THE BULLY
15. yes
16. unknown
17. Ned Lowe
18. "If he does win there will be no holding him down,
19. Glutts
20. because the right side of the slide seemed to be more slippery

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Within IOC, Samaranch was a man much admired and sometimes loved, the Spanish who made the organization into one that is rich and so powerful. No one doubted Samaranch's ability to make something impossible come true. In 1981 he ensured that Seoul was elected to be the host of the 1988 Olympics. Remember, that was a time when the two Koreas were at war with each other. And because Samaranch helped swing Spanish votes across to London, rather than to Paris, London was made host for the 2012. To China and the Chinese people, Samaranch was considered a great friend. Thanks to his efforts during his last term as IOC president, Beijing and China won the Olympics for the first time. Samaranch led the IOC from 1980 to 2001. Certainly, throughout his IOC presidential term, he had a soft spot for Moscow, for it was there that he was elected president of the IOC in 1980, and it was there that he managed to reach his final wishes as IOC president. Very early on in that 2001 Moscow session he wanted the Belgian surgeon, Jacques Rogge, a newcomer to the Olympic Movement, to replace him as president, for China to host the 2008 Olympic Games and for his son, Juan Antonio Samaranch junior, to become an IOC member. He got all three wishes. Samaranch's death came three months before his 90th birthday on April 21st, 2010.
1. Who was admired?
2. What was powerful?
3. Who hosted 1988 Olympics?
4. What about the 2012 Olympics?
5. Who considered Samaranch a great pal?
6. How long did Samaranch lead IOC?
7. Where was he selected to be president at?
8. Who is Jacques Rogge?
9. Who hosted Olympics in 2008?
10. When did Samaranch pass away?
11. How old was he when he passed away?

Numbered answers:
1. Samaranch
2. the IOC
3. Seoul
4. London
5. China and the Chinese people
6. 21 years from 1980 to 2001
7. Moscow
8. a Belgian surgeon
9. China
10. April 21st, 2010.
11. 89

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The "Billboard" Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by "Billboard" magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming.

The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is readily available on a real-time basis, and is tracked on a Monday to Sunday cycle (previously Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by "Billboard" on Tuesdays. Example:

The first number one song of the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958. As of the issue for the week ending on October 7, 2017, the Hot 100 has had 1,067 different number one hits. The current number one song is "Bodak Yellow" by Cardi B.

Prior to 1955, "Billboard" did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart, instead measuring songs by individual metrics. At the start of the rock era in 1955, three such charts existed:

Although officially all three charts had equal "weight" in terms of their importance, many chart historians refer to the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart when referencing a song's performance prior to the creation of the Hot 100; until the start of the rock era in 1955, radio was still in its Golden Age, characterized more by spoken-word programs than music radio, and physical record sales were still the dominant indicator of a recording's popularity. On the week ending November 12, 1955, "Billboard" published The Top 100 for the first time. "The Top 100" combined all aspects of a single's performance (sales, airplay and jukebox activity), based on a point system that typically gave sales (purchases) more weight than radio airplay. The "Best Sellers In Stores", "Most Played by Jockeys" and "Most Played in Jukeboxes" charts continued to be published concurrently with the new "Top 100" chart.
1. What is the Billboard Hot 100?
2. Who publishes it?
3. What is one thing the ranking is based on?
4. And another?
5. And the last?
6. What changed in 1991?
7. What day is the list released?
8. Before 1955 what did not exist?
9. What did radio mainly consist of before 1955?
10. What date was the first top 100 list published?
Numbered answers:
1. is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles
2. "Billboard" magazine
3. sales
4. online streaming
5. radio play
6. Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991
7. Tuesdays
8. "Billboard" did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart
9. more spoken-word programs than music radio
10. November 12, 1955