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To Atlanta

“To Atlanta” (This is Atlanta) is a single by Edyta Górniak for the 1996 Olympic Games.



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1998 Minnesota Vikings season

A curious footnote to the game is that Viking Head Coach Dennis Green has been criticized for opting to take a knee on a third-down deep in Viking territory with about 30 seconds remaining rather than risk having to punt back to Atlanta following their game-tying touchdown.

African Americans in Atlanta

Producer Fatboi called the Roland TR-808 ("808") synthesizer "central" to Atlanta music's versatility, used for snap, crunk, trap, and pop rap styles.

Bernadette Seacrest

In 2006 Bernadette Seacrest relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to form Bernadette Seacrest and her Provocateurs with guitarist/songwriter Charles Williams of The Bonaventure Quartet and bassist Kris Dale of The Quark Alliance.

Brock Gap

Today, the 19th century cut is actively used by the CSX Lineville Subdivision, made up of part of the former Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway, in its route from Birmingham to Atlanta, Georgia and Florida via Manchester, Georgia.

Brutha

In 2008, their uncle Donny "Drano" Harrell, CEO of Goodfellas Entertainment, and the late Shakir Stewart, senior vice president of A&R at Island Def Jam, invited the group to Atlanta to do a filmed audition in front of Jermaine Dupri and a range of producers.

Byron Cage

While signed to Atlanta International, Byron Cage & Purpose released two live recordings: Dwell Among Us in 1995, which featured "Dwell Among Us", "The Blood" and "The Glory Song" & Transparent in Your Presence in 1996, featuring "Forever I'll Worship", "He's There", and "God's Word".

California State Route 94

Perhaps due to its namesake, this highway served as part of the route of the hearse that carried the body of Coretta Scott King from San Diego to Atlanta.

Charleston Charlies

This club - Charleston's second Triple-A franchise - stayed only those few months and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, for the 1962 season to become the Atlanta Crackers.

Daljit Dhaliwal

After that she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, wooed there by CNN International and CNNfn to host Your World Today.

East Bound and Down

The soundtrack's lyrics better describe the run made by the protagonist characters in the film, in that they travel west from Atlanta, Georgia to Texarkana, Texas, and then make the return trip east to Atlanta.

Ella Baker

In January 1957, Baker went to Atlanta, Georgia to attend a conference aimed at developing a new regional organization to build on the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Frances Bemis

She then went to Atlanta to become Director of Special Events at Rich's Department Store (1946–1947), then back to New York to take a position as Director of Feature Events at Abraham & Straus Department Store, where she worked until 1954.

Frankie DeCarlos

After relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in December 2002, Frankie DeCarlos started cultivating his musical skills in the R&B/ Soul genres.

George Adair

He also helped raise funds for the rebuilding of the Kimball House after it burned down and was instrumental in convincing H.I. Kimball to return to Atlanta to lead the effort.

Gerald White

After White retired from football, he moved to Atlanta, where he worked for two years for the Hooters restaurant organization.

Gwinnett County Airport

Atlanta's dominant airline, Delta, lobbied against the proposal due to its reluctance to split operations between Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Briscoe Field, even though three low-cost carriers, Allegiant, JetBlue, and Virgin America, do not yet offer service to Atlanta.

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson

They later moved from Hartford, Connecticut to Atlanta, Georgia, and then to Princeton, New Jersey, as Reverend Johnson pursued undergraduate and graduate degrees in theology.

IBM Internet Security Systems

Until late 2003 the company had significant development activities in Mountain View (California, USA), Reading (UK) and Sydney (Australia), but all development has since been relocated to Atlanta.

Iurie Muntean

In March 2001, Iurie Muntean participated with journalists Constantin Tănase, Aneta Grosu, and the folk music singer Maria Sarabaş in a Romanian-Moldovan delegation to Atlanta, where Iurie Muntean danced Hora Unirii, which is contrary to his communist ideology.

Joe Frank Harris

As Governor, Harris created and implemented the Quality Basic Education Act (QBE), built the Georgia Dome, created the Technical College System of Georgia formerly known as the Department of Adult & Technical Education, and lured the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.

John H. James

During the American Civil War he and his wife travelled to Canada and Nassau, Bahamas, and afterwards they returned to Atlanta where he founded the James Bank.

Life in Full Colour

An initial recording trip to Atlanta, Georgia, USA in July 2009 produced three songs, Smile, Look Around and Edge Of Love and in so doing Shawn became something of a protégé to her.

Muslim Interscholastic Tournament

MIST next expanded to Atlanta via Ahmed Salim and Boston via Daniel Jou in 2004, New York via Maneeza Dawood in 2006, and Detroit via Shazia Siddiqi and Toronto via Hamzah Moin in 2008.

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

Prophet moved her studies down to Atlanta, Georgia, and began a career as a professor teaching art students enrolled at both Atlanta University and Spelman College, in hopes of encouraging the creative minds of youth, the encouragement she was not presented with during her early years.

RAF Ascension Island

In January 2013, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 777-232LR en route from Johannesburg to Atlanta diverted to Ascension as a result of engine problems.

Ray King

That off-season, King was dealt back to Atlanta for infielder Wes Helms and pitcher John Foster.

Ronald Flemons

In 2002, he briefly joined the New Orleans Saints before returning to Atlanta and appearing in four games.

SLSF 1522

1994: 1522 was one of the locomotives to participate in the 1994 NRHS annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia and did a double-header with Norfolk and Western 611 from Birmingham, Alabama to Atlanta on its way to the convention.

Sophie Gimbel

Her father died when she was four and her mother remarried a year later to John Alexander McLeay, whence the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

Sprawl

The Sprawl, the metropolitan region stretching from Boston to Atlanta in the same named William Gibson's fiction trilogy

Stephen W. Pless

After his parents divorced, his mother Nancy Lassetter Pollard moved to Atlanta and remarried, to Berlin Pless.

Sugar Bowl Regatta

The 2006 Sugar Bowl football classic was moved to Atlanta, Georgia and the regatta committee held the intercollegiate races on Lake Lanier in the Atlanta-area thanks to the Lake Lanier Sailing Club and the Georgia Tech sailing team.

Tell It to the Frogs

In the episode, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finally reunites with his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), son Carl (Chandler Riggs) and best friend Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal), although this reunion is short lived when he decides to return to Atlanta to rescue Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker).

The Wood Brothers

Oliver moved to Atlanta, where he played guitar in cover bands before earning a spot in Tinsley Ellis’s touring act.

Thornton Dial

Thornton Dial met another self-taught artist Lonnie Holley, who introduced Dial to Atlanta collector and art historian William Arnett.

Troy Glaus

Glaus had a few setbacks, but returned to Atlanta in a back-up role behind Derrek Lee and rookie Freddie Freeman.

WAPW

WWWQ, a radio station (99.7 FM) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which used the call sign WAPW from February 1988 to November 1992

WFNA

WANN-CD, a low-power television station (channel 29/PSIP 32) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which used the call sign WFNA-LP from June 1999 to June 2002

WGCL

WGCL-TV, a television station (channel 46 analog/19 digital) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia

WLTM

WUBL, a radio station (94.9 FM) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which held the call sign WLTM from March 2003 to December 2006

WPCH

WPCH-TV, a television station (channel 17 analog/20 digital) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States

WQXI

WXIA-TV, a television station (channel 11 analog/10 digital) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which formerly used the call sign WQXI-TV

WSB

WSB-FM, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States