Word: ga
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...most frequently mentioned woman candidate now seems to be Ferraro, who primed herself for her interview by reading a biography of Mondale, particularly the section describing how he impressed Jimmy Carter in Plains, Ga., during a previous vice-presidential search. Ferraro perhaps put more pressure on Mondale than she meant to when she suggested she would allow her name to be placed in nomination as a "symbolic gesture" if Mondale selected a man. She quickly added that she would not take part in any serious effort to overturn Mondale's choice...
...summoning, it promises to be an ego trip for the invitees, who will bask in press attention and at least fleetingly enjoy the heady notion that he or she could be tapped for the nation's second-highest office. Walter Mondale, recalling his own trek to Plains, Ga., eight years ago, was following the same selection process that had taken him to the vice presidency and put him in a position to issue the invitations...
...runners are frequently besieged by people seeking autographs or taking pictures, eager to touch the torch or even its bearer. Roberta Ciccarelli, 38, a schoolteacher in Blairsville, Ga., raised $2,150 by knocking on doors in her town of 530, and her husband put up the rest. When she trotted through Blairsville, 1,000 people lined the route, cheering her on. "I kept hearing people yelling my name, 'Go, Robbie!' and 'Come on, Mrs. Ciccarelli!' I don't remember breathing. My lungs didn't hurt, my legs didn't hurt. It was like...
Nancy Nix, 9, of Gainesville, Ga., announced to her mother at breakfast one day that she wanted to be part of the Olympics. After Mrs. Nix persuaded AT&T to waive its requirement that runners be ten years old or older, she and her daughter set about raising the money. "We baked Easter cakes, Mother's Day cakes, pound cakes and sheet cakes," Nancy's mother recalls. Nancy made some of her own crafts and set about selling them to her neighbors. When her turn came, she took off so fast that she passed up the press truck...