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In 1990 Greater Atlanta had the largest Japanese population in the Southeast United States the Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta estimated that during that year 7,500 to 10,000 Japanese lived in Greater Atlanta Of the metropolitan areas in the Southeast United States as of 1990 Greater Atlanta had the most extensive education network for Japanese nationals. 1.3 Basketball Atlanta was selected on September 18 1990 in Tokyo Japan over Athens Belgrade Manchester Melbourne and Toronto at the 96th IOC Session the city entered the competition as a dark horse being up against stiff competition the US media also criticized it as a second-tier city and complained of Georgia's Confederate history However the IOC Evaluation Commission ranked Atlanta's infrastructure and facilities the highest while IOC members said that it could guarantee large television revenues similar to the success of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Additionally former US ambassador to the UN and Atlanta mayor Andrew Jackson Young touted Atlanta's civil rights history and reputation for racial harmony Young also wanted to showcase a reformed American South the strong economy of Atlanta and improved race relations in the South helped to impress the IOC officials the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) also proposed a substantial revenue-sharing with the IOC USOC and other NOCs Atlanta's main rivals were Toronto whose front-running bid that began in 1986 had chances to succeed after Canada had held a successful 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and Melbourne Australia who hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and after Brisbane Australia's failed bid for the 1992 games (which were awarded to Barcelona) and prior to Sydney Australia's successful 2000 Summer Olympics bid This would be Toronto's fourth failed attempt since 1960 (tried in 1960 1964 and 1976 but defeated by Rome Tokyo and Montreal), Government aid to Amtrak was controversial from the beginning the formation of Amtrak in 1971 was criticized as a bailout serving corporate rail interests and union railroaders not the traveling public Critics have asserted that Amtrak has proven incapable of operating as a business and that it does not provide valuable transportation services meriting public support,[page needed] a "mobile money-burning machine" Many fiscal conservatives have argued that subsidies should be ended national rail service terminated and the NEC turned over to private interests "To fund a Nostalgia Limited is not in the public interest." Critics also question Amtrak's energy efficiency though the U.S Department of Energy considers Amtrak among the most energy-efficient forms of transportation. .

Georgia Swarm Box Lacrosse NLL Infinite Energy Arena (11,355) 2004 2015 1 (2017) Even before 2002 the state had become increasingly supportive of Republicans in Presidential elections it has supported a Democrat for president only three times since 1960 in 1976 and 1980 native son Jimmy Carter carried the state; in 1992 the former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton narrowly won the state Generally Republicans are strongest in the predominantly white suburban (especially the Atlanta suburbs) and rural portions of the state Many of these areas were represented by conservative Democrats in the state legislature well into the 21st century One of the most conservative of these was U.S Congressman Larry McDonald former head of the John Birch Society who died when the Soviet Union shot down KAL 007 near Sakhalin Island Democratic candidates have tended to win a higher percentage of the vote in the areas where black voters are most numerous as well as in the cities among liberal urban populations (especially Atlanta and Athens) and the rural Black Belt region that passes through the central and southwestern portion of the state. The area experiences a winter storm with significant snowfall about once each year however this can be extremely irregular a blizzard (see: 1993 Storm of the Century) caught much of the Southeast off-guard in 1993 dumping 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) at the Atlanta airport on March 13 and much more than that in the suburbs to the north and west as well as in the mountains the only other recorded winter storm of comparable severity was the Great Blizzard of 1899 the heaviest snow however was in January 1940 when 8.3 inches (21.1 cm) buried the city during its coldest month on record the second-heaviest was in 1983 when a very late storm dumped 7.9 inches (20.1 cm) on March 24 Ice storms have also occurred in the area the well-remembered 1973 ice storm was brutal as was the storm in 1982, 1820 340,989 35.6% Six women wearing a uniform of a white skirt and a white and gold cropped top with the word "Tech" on the front ride onto the football field on the running boards and rear seat of a white-and-gold-painted antique car, 70/21 90/32 Preparations for the Olympics lasted more than six years and had an economic impact of at least $5.14 billion Over two million visitors came to Atlanta and approximately 3.5 billion people around the world watched at least part of the games on television Although marred by the tragedy of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing they were a financial success due in part to TV rights contracts and sponsorships at record levels.