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A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : MUSTA BEEN SOME CHARACTER JERRY LEWIS PLAYED IN A MOVIE.


After a nationwide contest, the mascot rooster rooster

its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329]

See : Dawn


rooster

symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85]

See : Virility
 for the 1998 World Cup finally has a name - Footix.

France will host soccer's most prestigious event June 10-July 12, 1998, in 10 cities.

Footix is a red, white and blue cartoon rooster - the symbol of the French national team.

The name of the mascot was chosen from a contest that asked the public, through nationwide television programs, for ideas. Zimbo, Houpi, Raffy and Gallik were other possible names.

They'll think the Falcons are an endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S.  

The Atlanta Falcons
    The Atlanta Falcons are a American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are currently a member of the NFC South of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons joined the NFL as a 1966 expansion team.
     used a rare appearance on ``Monday Night Football'' to give the rest of the country a condensed con·dense  
    v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es

    v.tr.
    1. To reduce the volume or compass of.

    2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten.

    3. Physics
    a.
     look at more than three decades of ineptitude Ineptitude
    See also Awkwardness.

    Brown, Charlie

    meek hero unable to kick a football, fly a kite, or win a baseball game. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 543]

    Capt. Queeg

    incompetent commander of the minesweeper Caine.
    .

    ``Do they watch the game around the world?'' receiver Terance Mathis wondered after the Falcons were routed by San Francisco 34-10.

    When told yes, he replied: ``In some places (they're probably) saying the Falcons stink - they're awful.''

    Let's hear it for world peace

    George Weah has received fair-play awards, owns one of the best disciplinary records in soccer and is admired world-wide for his humanitarian efforts.

    Yet, the AC Milan star and 1995 World Player of the Year could be kicked out of the European Champions Cup European Champions Cup may refer to one of the following sports tournaments:
    • IIHF European Champions Cup, annual ice hockey tournament, featuring the champions of national IIHF competitions
    • UEFA Champions League, formerly known as the "European Cup
     for violent misconduct and face a lawsuit.

    FC Porto's Jorge Costa said he will press charges against Weah, a striker from Liberia. The Portugese defender claims Weah broke his nose in a postmatch scuffle in the tunnel leading to the locker rooms.

    Costa left a hospital Friday after an operation Thursday night and will not play for three weeks, according to the team doctor, Domingos Gomes.
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    Title Annotation:Sports
    Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
    Date:Dec 4, 1996
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