Read the sentence from the article: “There is growing evidence that the IOC has overplayed its hand.” Which of the following clarifies the meaning of the phrase overplayed its hand in this context? A. Cities like Montreal and Munich hosted unsuccessful Olympics, in which predicted income was far higher than what was actually earned, even after costs for building improvements were accounted for.
B. Cities once competed for the honor of hosting the Olympics, which meant that the IOC could place extravagant demands on the winner—but these demands became so extravagant that many cities stopped bidding altogether.
C. The IOC used to give a far higher share of the revenue from television, tickets, sponsors, and merchandise to the host city, but when event costs started rising, they lowered the cities’ share—to now only half of total revenue.
D. The IOC is beginning to initiate a process to investigate ways to change the bidding process and its requirements, including a rule that the IOC must now review the applications “blind,” meaning without knowing which city is behind each application.

1. in creon’s first words to the chorus, what are the “storms” that threatened to destroy the ship of state?   polynices’ invation of the city with foreign armies was the “storms” eteocles and polynices decided to switch the crown every year, but after eteocles’ first year decided not to share it with polynices. polynices joined forces with foreign armies to invade the city and tried to take the crown from his brother, where he and eteocles killed each other   2. examine creon’s opening speech. what are his concerns? how does he feel about the city and its citizens? what are his motivations for banning the burial of polyneices? what would drive creon to place the concerns of the collective citizens over those of his family?   in creon’s opening speech, his concerns are to count on his citizens to rule. in addition, he wanted to give a clear message by not giving a proper burial to polyneices, if creon gave a proper burial to polyneices his people would think that he was an allied to the foreign forces that invaded the city and threatened the peace of his people.   creon placed the concerns of the collective citizens because he has no use for those who put individual concerns over the needs of his people 3. pay attention to creon’s speech at the beginning of the scene. what does creon think someone’s first loyalty should be and what comes second? do you think he is correct under some conditions? do you think he is wrong in some conditions? explain those conditions. creon thinks someone’s first loyalty should be with the concerns of the collective citizens and second comes our individual wants. i think he is correct because true loyalty takes place in the benefits of many not of a few.   4. what news is the sentry reluctant to deliver?   the sentry is reluctant to say that polyneices had a burial. 5. who does the chorus suggest might have done this?   the chorus suggests that the gods have done that 6. what is creon’s reaction and who does creon think is responsible? creon reacted abruptly and thinks it was a man who bribed his guard to bury polyneices