Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...corporate sponsorship: meet Olympians in the Reebok Athlete Center, take the kids to Ronald McDonald's SportsPlace, watch a Discovery Channel presentation of A World of Champions. You can refresh yourself with a cooling mist from the bottle caps of the giant Coca-Cola bottles scattered throughout the park--aesthetically, they actually are cool--or you can buy a commemorative six-pack of Coke for only...
...decade later, the prophet stands at the sixth-floor balcony outside his office at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (A.C.O.G.), surveying his sweltering promised land. To the north lie the new Olympic Village dorms and the aquatic center; right below him to the west is Centennial Olympic Park, swarming with scores of road-paving, tent-erecting workers frantically engaged in the last-second realization of his vision...
...thing to remember about Payne is that until a prophet proves himself, he pretty much comes off as a blowhard. An obscure real estate lawyer winning the Olympics for Atlanta? The city laughed--until he pulled it off. Build the largest urban park America has seen in decades, thereby changing Atlanta history? The city hasn't stopped laughing at that...
...carried away with the importance of faith and healing, let me remind you that a good, positive-minded atheist is just as likely to be healthy and to heal quickly as the person who chooses to dwell in the bubble of religious fantasy. GEORGE CROSTA Ocean Park, Washington...
...National Park Service may not be granted a budget increase, even though this year about 270 million people--a 30% increase from 10 years ago--are expected to visit the 369 federal parks, monuments and recreation areas. While crime is down, visitors should be prepared when visiting...