Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Georgia had Lester Maddox and Louisiana had Earl Long, and now Minnesota has gone and got an interesting Governor of our own: a pro wrestler with a shaved head and a bad-boy swagger whose voice is hoarse from bellowing at opponents and threatening to rip their arms from their sockets. He was the protest candidate, a chance to throw toilet paper in the trees and piss off Dad, nobody dreaming he would actually be elected. But in a three-way race the ball takes funny bounces, and that is how Minnesota...
...education. The next day his wife returned from a day of campaigning and reported that everywhere she went, people told her they loved the idea. Wilkinson went on to win, closing his campaign with a commercial that showed a crowd chanting, "Taxes, no! Lottery, yes!" Carville went on to Georgia, where in 1990 he made a lottery the centerpiece of another campaign for Governor, this one by Zell Miller...
...went through Georgia on a fast train, and now Billy Joe Shaver is storming into Somerville. This hero of the hillbilly music circuit is headlining with his son Eddy in an all-acoustic show supporting his new album Victory. It will be a fantastic show, whether you are a displaced Southerner or a Yankee searching for a taste of low culture. 8 p.m., Johnny D's Uptown, 17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville. 776-2004. $12 cover...
...Georgia Tech at Clemson, ESPN...
...final grade for public pre-K is yet to be determined. When the initial class of Georgia four-year-olds reached first grade, they logged higher test scores than kids who had not gone to pre-K. For the Morreales of Brooklyn the benefits have hit home. With the money they saved, they bought Johnny a computer...