Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peet had never been on a roller coaster. But she had a friend named Julia Grimm. Julia was a little more adventurous than Beth, or perhaps just more curious. Last Memorial Day, reported USA Today, the two high school students traveled from their hometown of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, to Hershey Park, for a Weird Al Yankovic concert; while there, Julia took Beth up on one of the park's wild rides. Last week adventure beckoned again. Both girls had a chance to go on the Montoursville High School French club's excursion to France. Beth, given a choice by her parents...
...point where the road forks left toward the Coast Guard station and Moriches Bay, the people who were allowed to pass park their cars in a baseball field and walk a mile or so in the hot dust. License plates read Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. The TV people have come with huge trucks and satellite dishes, some of which are the size of dinner plates and sit atop tall poles; they are connected to the trucks by red wires in coils. A parking lot full of these trucks looks like a moon landing at rush hour...
...splendor and celebration of the Olympics came to an abrupt halt shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday when the first terrorist attack since the 1972 games struck at the heart of the games. Two people died and more than 100 were injured when a bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park. As in Munich, when the Olympics continued even after terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, officials in Atlanta said they would not halt the games. "The games will go on," said Francois Carrard, director general of the International Olympic Committee. And so they did, beginning with a moment of silence...
Minutes after the blast, the streets were filled with stunned people walking aimlessly up the hill in the dark towards Peachtree Street, while helicopters circled overhead, shining blinding searchlights on the city. Some of those walking away from Centennial Park were bleeding from minor shrapnel wounds. As traffic came to a standstill, police worked to move thousands of frightened people out of major intersections, making way for ambulances while urging the crowds to keep moving away from the scene of the explosion. Once out of the immediate area of the bomb scene, though, people seemed at a loss...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton condemned the bombing at Centennial Olympic Park, calling it an "evil act of terror." At least two people died and more than 100 people were injured when a pipe bomb went off shortly after 1 a.m. during a rock concert. "This is an act of cowardice that stands in sharp contrast to the spirit of the Olympics and the courage of the athletes," Clinton said. The President expressed his condolences to the victims and their families, and praised security officials for their quick work in finding the bomb and alerting the crowd. "I want to thank...