Word: rewritten
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...wind," he argued. "If we are the only nation not to appear in the Games, what good would this do?" Asked about the 1936 Olympics, which had been cited as a propaganda triumph for Adolf Hitler that Soviet leaders are now seeking to emulate, Kane objected to such "rewritten history" and contended: "Jesse Owen destroyed the myth of Aryan supremacy in 1936. It was a propaganda victory for our wonderful black athletes in the United States...