Word: mesa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rising Star Chef of the Year: Bobby Flay (Mesa Grill, New York...
...churches that are booming -- Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago, for example, or the 429 congregations cloned from Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California -- do not resemble buttoned-down temples of Wasp propriety. Ministers themselves talk of being "customer oriented" and attend seminars to become "church growth" experts. Jeans are as welcome as suits and ties; theater seats replace pews. Instead of using hymnbooks, congregations sing lively, if saccharine, choruses with words projected on a screen. Worship may include skits, audience participation or applause...
...taken quite a bit of heat," said the 37-year-old shortstop and centerfielder, referring to the ribbing he got from his teammates during his chase. He had gone hitless in his last seven at bats. Yount will go down in the record books: so will Cleveland hurler Jose Mesa, as the guy who threw the pitch that Yount swatted into history...
Cohen defeated Karolyn Smith of Mesa College for the title...
...exultant. "For us it's a victory," he said. "I'm very pleased with our kids." The Dominicans had, after all, come within eight runs of tying the Cubans. The Cuban pitcher, for his part, complained that he'd had a bad day. And the smiling Cuban centerfielder Victor Mesa (a.k.a. "El Loco") bubbled over with noblesse ; oblige: "The Dominican Republic should be very proud to lose only 8-0." Across town that afternoon, where another dominant Dream Team was on display, the responses were almost identical. "Our objective has been to keep them within a 45-point range," said...