Word: gaed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Atlanta, Ga...
...replace cycling's legend? Perhaps by starting with something life threatening. During last year's Tour de Georgia in Rome, Ga., Craig Lewis, a 20-year-old cycling phenom, was speeding downhill at 40 m.p.h. when a 65-year-old man accidentally drove a Mitsubishi Montero into his path. Head down, Lewis arrowed into the car. Later, a minister waited outside Lewis' hospital room ready to administer last rites, but the young rider regained consciousness. He asked for a pen, scribbled something on a bloodstained piece of paper and handed it to his coach. "Ride?" the note said. Two months...
...June 10: During a news conference in Sea Island, Ga., at the conclusion of a G-8 summit, Bush answers very directly "Yes" to a journalist's unambiguous question, "Do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found" to have leaked CIA operative Plame's name...
Rising premiums are forcing up prices on a variety of services too. Ski-lift tickets are jumping by $2 or $3 at many resorts. Through last year Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga., insured itself for the first $1 million of any claims that might be made and paid a premium of $70,000 for additional coverage up to a maximum of $10 million. Now the premium has quintupled to $350,000, and on top of that the hospital has had to come up with another $1 million for its self-insurance trust fund, because the deductible was raised...
...reporting on Governor George Wallace's decision to retire [NATION, April 14], you fail to do him justice. History will place Wallace among America's statesmen. He stood up for states' rights and sought to counter a form of governmental oppression called regulation. Gary P. Hollis Lawrenceville, Ga...