Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...delegate for him at the '88 convention in Atlanta," said Phelps's son, Fred Phelps Jr. "I traveled all over Kansas with him and his dad. He and Tipper used to represent pro-family values...
...Atlanta, scientists at Reproductive Biology Associates decided to see if they could do something about that. First, they treated women with a 10-day regimen of hormones that stimulated the ovaries to produce a batch of eggs, which were then harvested. Next, they bathed the eggs in a chemical solution similar to the one the ovaries use to protect them. Finally, they injected the ova with antifreeze, placed them in a freezer that slowly lowered their temperature, and then thawed them just as gradually. The plan seemed to be a good one, but time and again it failed--just...
Ciccarone didn't make the team and may have made a terrible prediction. Last week the nouveau riche Marlins took the National League championship from the vaunted Atlanta Braves to become, at only five years of age, the freshest team ever to make the World Series. Of course, they are also the first wild-card team ever to qualify for the Fall Classic, which makes them the pariahs of purists. And they benefited from home-plate umpire Eric Gregg's unusual strike zone in Game 5, when he gave new meaning to the baseball terms expansion and realignment. And they...
...Marlins do deserve to represent the NL in the Series because they showed exemplary grit in defeating the Braves in six games. "They talk about the money we spent, that we bought a championship," said Florida ace Kevin Brown after beating the Braves 7-4 in Game 6 in Atlanta. "No, this was all heart and the relentless pursuit of a goal...
...tableau last Tuesday night at Turner Field in Atlanta had a richness that had nothing to do with Huizenga's money. There was Bobby Bonilla hugging Leyland, his old Pittsburgh manager. There was rookie pitcher Livan Hernandez, the Cuban defector who was the NLCS MVP, climbing into a knot of Marlin fans in the stands and shouting two of the few English words he knows, "World Series! World Series!" And an hour after the game, there was Huizenga taking a victory lap around the bases...