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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Scout.com: Dallas Green: "The Gestapo"
Green would later say he thought that was what finally killed his father’s strength to battle his illness when two weeks later he would pass away.
Green was trying to make some kind of statement, and in a way, it was a moment symbolic of the way Dallas Green would manage his ball club.
Green refused to keep battling back and forth with Bowa but the Phillies shortstop was never one to back down and was not going to start with Green.
phillies.scout.com /2/312705.html   (2153 words)

  
  Dallas Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Dallas Green (born August 4, 1934 in Newport, Delaware) is a former pitcher, manager and executive in Major League Baseball who is perhaps best known for his involvement with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Green's first-year manager Jim Frey (who managed the Kansas City Royals against Green in 1980) won NL Manager of the Year, Sutcliffe won the NL Cy Young Award and Sandberg won the NL Most Valuable Player Award.
Green was a strong proponent of lights from the start of his tenure, but a city ordinance prohibited the Cubs from installing lights in the residential Lakeview neighborhood, where Wrigley Field was located.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dallas_Green   (824 words)

  
 Cecil Howard Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With his wife Ida Green, he was a philanthropist who helped found the University of Texas at Dallas, Green College at the University of British Columbia, St.
Founded in May 1930 in Dallas, Texas, GSI was one of the first independent prospecting companies established to perform reflection seismic exploration for petroleum.
Some of Green's philanthropy at the University of British Columbia was encouraged by William Carleton Gibson, a neurologist in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cecil_H._Green   (721 words)

  
 GameCenter: Preview - SuperBowl.com - Official website of Super Bowl XL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (Oct. 20, 2004) -- The last time Bill Parcells had a losing record with the Dallas Cowboys, they won their next five games.
Dallas is third in the NFC East behind the Philadelphia Eagles (5-0) and the New York Giants (4-1), the team they play on the road in the final game of the regular season.
Green Bay had no turnovers against Detroit, quarterback Brett Favre had an outstanding game (25-of-38 for 257 yards with two touchdowns) and the Packers scored a season-high 38 points.
www.superbowl.com /gamecenter/preview/NFL_20041024_DAL@GB   (1158 words)

  
 NFL PREVIEW
(DALLAS-GREEN BAY)
Green Bay thought it had a playoff date with Dallas last year in the NFC Championship game at Lambeau, but the Cowboys lost at Carolina in the divisional playoff and ruined the Packers' chance for revenge.
Green Bay, Minnesota and Tampa Bay are locked in a three-way tie for first-place in the NFC Central.
Dallas, which has not scored points for most of the season, will most likely struggle against a Packers defense that has held three of its last four opponents to 10 points or less.
www.canoe.ca /StatsFBP/BC-FBP-PRVW-GNB-R-DAL.html   (630 words)

  
 NFL.com - Dallas at Green Bay Game Recap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (Oct. 24, 2004) -- Mike Sherman has found his calling, and the Green Bay Packers have rediscovered their rhythm.
Green, who has not been speaking to the media, ended a monthlong funk by rushing for 163 yards, including a 90-yard score in the third quarter that was the longest Dallas had ever surrendered.
In between Longwell's first-half field goals of 26 and 40 yards, Green scored on a 1-yard run and Javon Walker (eight catches for 129 yards) caught a 5-yard TD pass as the Packers took a 20-6 halftime lead.
www.nfl.com /gamecenter/recap/NFL_20041024_DAL@GB   (804 words)

  
 Dallas Green | BaseballLibrary.com
After a pitching career in which he recorded all his ML decisions for the Phillies, Dallas Green managed two Phillies farm clubs, served as an assistant director and director of their minor league system, and managed the parent club for over two years.
Green resigned after a 1987 last-place finish, but his rebuilding of the Chicago farm system paid off with a division title in 1989.
Hired by George Steinbrenner to manage the Yankees in 1989, Green rebuilt the team with GM Syd Thrift but was fired before the end of the season for referring to Steinbrenner as Manager George.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Green_Dallas.stm   (811 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Dallas Green's life in baseball comes full circle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the twilight of his baseball career, Green has come full circle and arrived at a couple of destinations — a farm and a baseball team — that compete for his affections.
Green managed at Port Huron, Mich., in 1968 and Pulaski, Va., which he guided to the Appalachian League title, in 1969 before becoming Owens' assistant in 1970.
Green stayed through 1987, when he realized that owners were playing more of a role in baseball decisions, overruling general managers he considered "baseball people."
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/nl/phillies/2005-06-27-green-gns_x.htm   (1183 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Football - NFL Recap (Dallas-Green Bay) - November 23, 1997
None of Green Bay's eight previous losses to Dallas was at Lambeau Field, where the Packers extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 22 games.
Green Bay was beaten seven times by the Cowboys over the last four years at Texas Stadium, including three playoff games.
Dallas' Troy Aikman was 12-of-24 for 130 yards with an interception.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/scoreboards/1997/11/23/recap.green_bay.dallas.html   (1087 words)

  
 Dallas Green's achievement recognized with U.D. medal (11-12-92)
Green joined Phillies management in 1968 and was manager during their 1980 World Series season.
Green went on to become general manager and president of the Chicago Cubs and later served as manager of the Yankees.
"Dallas Green, for these and other achievements and for your commitment to improving the quality of life for those around you, I salute you and present to you, on behalf of the University of Delaware Board of Trustees, the Medal of Distinction," Bredin said.
www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/93/11/5.html   (676 words)

  
 NFL.com - Dallas at Washington Game Recap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the Dallas locker room, Dave Campo talked about the game as if it were any other, even as Jerry Jones said a decision was coming "immediately" about the coach's future.
It was Washington's first win over Dallas since Oct. 13, 1997, and it came amid a farewell party for retiring cornerback Darrell Green and tenuous futures in Dallas for coach Campo and running back Emmitt Smith.
Green said goodbye after 20 seasons with the Redskins.
www.nfl.com /gamecenter/recap/NFL_20021229_DAL@WAS   (758 words)

  
 Dallas Green Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
"You (Dallas Green) have fourteen guys who can't play Triple-A, the free agent pickings are slim and there's nothing in the minors.
Dallas Green was born on Saturday, August 4, 1934, in Newport, Delaware.
Green was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 18, 1960, with the Philadelphia Phillies.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=greenda02   (284 words)

  
 KOAT.com - Sports - NFL Game Summary - Dallas At Green Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Green Bay, WI -- Ahman Green rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, as the Green Bay Packers throttled the Dallas Cowboys, 41-20, for their first win at Lambeau Field this season.
Dallas started from its own 20 and drove to the Green Bay 27-yard line, before settling for a Billy Cundiff 46-yard field goal.
Green Bay took advantage, as Longwell booted a 40- yard field goal to send the Packers into the locker room with a 20-6 advantage.
www.koat.com /sports/3845761/detail.html   (808 words)

  
 Legacy of Cecil and Ida Green at UTD Refocused On Research Collaborations with UT Southwestern
Cecil Green was one of the founders of both Texas Instruments and the research institute that in 1969 was turned over to the state to become The University of Texas at Dallas.
Green and his wife, Ida, were major benefactors to a globe-circling host of educational and cultural institutions.
Prior to Cecil and Ida Green’s bestowing of the individual gifts that provide the basis of the new Green Center, the university’s founders, primarily through their Excellence In Education Foundation, provided UTD with land, buildings, operating funds and endowments that, in today’s dollars, are worth more than $300 million.
www.utdallas.edu /news/archive/2005/green-legacy.html   (1052 words)

  
 Green Party of Dallas County
The Green Party of Dallas County is endorsing the efforts of two groups in Farmers Branch who are working to bring a decision to the voters concerning city ordinance 2892 that discriminates against undocumented workers and their families, many of whom are in the U.S. legally.
The Green Party is a grassroots political party dedicated to building a just and sustainable society and democracy of empowered citizens.
Nancy Shia, a 30-year resident and longtime activist in the progressive and diverse Adams Morgan neighborhood, greeted voters at her precinct from 7 am to 8 pm, as were her two competitors (the second-place finisher is a Democrat and recent graduate of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government).
www.dallasgreens.net   (1749 words)

  
 Detroit Lions Site: Did You Know? Detroit faces tough 2003 schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In fact, with two games against NFC North Division champion Green Bay, Detroit played half of its games against teams that would advance to the playoffs.
When the Lions opened the season, they were set to face only three teams that advanced to the 2002 NFL playoffs in Green Bay, San Francisco and Oakland, but that schedule turned out to be a bit tougher than expected.
Of the six teams in the NFC that advanced to the playoffs this season, Detroit squared off against five of those squads in Green Bay, Carolina, Dallas, Seattle and St. Louis.
www.detroitlions.com /document_display.cfm?document_id=289605   (445 words)

  
 Green Mountain Energy Company: Press & Events
Green Mountain Energy Company has been offering electricity that is cleaner than what most Texans are buying today to business and residential customers in Texas since April 2001.
The Dallas Ronald McDonald House is located on land donated by St. Paul Medical Center through the generosity of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and is a short distance from Children's Medical Center, Parkland Hospital, and St. Paul Medical Center.
Founded in 1997 to “change the way power is made, Green Mountain Energy Company (http://www.greenmountain.com) offers residential, business, institutional and governmental customers the choice to support cleaner electricity generated from sources such as wind, solar, water, geothermal, biomass and natural gas.
www.greenmountain.com /about/press_events/2004_11_18.jsp   (586 words)

  
 Green Scissors Dallas Floodway Extension
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the City of Dallas propose to extend the Dallas levee system and cut a 3.7 mile, 600-foot swale (a shallow, wide swath of land) through the Great Trinity Forest.
The Corps and the city of Dallas claim the project would protect downtown Dallas from flooding, but this would only serve to increase flood levels elsewhere.
An independent review of the Corps project by a former Corps hydrologist found that data and flood models were manipulated in order to generate sufficient benefits to warrant the project.
www.greenscissors.org /water/dallasfloodway.htm   (613 words)

  
 ExxonMobil Green Team Opens Two New Homes In South Dallas; Community celebrates completion of summer youth program as ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
DALLAS, Texas - August 10, 2000 -- The 2000 ExxonMobil Green Team will celebrate the completion of this year's summer youth program with a ribbon cutting for two new homes and a closing ceremony on Sunday, August 13, in the St. Philip's Triangle Neighborhood in south Dallas.
In addition to building homes and beautifying the parks, Green Team students were enrolled in life skills, computer and basic academic courses at the ExxonMobil Academy at El Centro College.
Green Team students earned a paycheck for their participation in the program.
www.exxonmobil.com /Corporate/Newsroom/Newsreleases/xom_nr_100800.asp   (506 words)

  
 Dallas Green - AOL Music
Dallas Green is one of the guitarists and vocalists in the Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.
George Dallas Green (born August 4, 1934) is a former pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball.
Dallas Green Artist of the Year and Attack in Black on MTV (view more)...
music.aol.com /artist/dallas-green/582995/main   (142 words)

  
 The Official Athletic Site, Tulane University Green Wave - General Releases
The gym on the campus of Jackson State University, where the Green Wave teams were staying, as well as the remainder of the city, lost power Monday afternoon when Katrina blew through and it became apparent that a longer-term solution was required, even with the postponement of Sunday's game.
The Tulane football team headed to Dallas - or "Camp Dallas" - as Green Wave Athletic Director Rick Dickson termed it, where new fellow Conference USA member SMU offered use of its practice facilities and accommodations will be provided in the Radisson Hotel near the campus on Mockingbird.
The team, including coaches and support staff, left Jackson in the late afternoon and was expected to arrive in Dallas late Tuesday night.
tulanegreenwave.cstv.com /genrel/083005aac.html   (437 words)

  
 The NBA's Newest Baller, DJ Dallas Green published by SOHH.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Dallas Green has always wanted to be a DJ.
Between 2000 and 2003, DJ Dallas Green made 230 mixtapes and was nominated for the Justo Mixtape Awards (in 2002 for Best Blends and Best Skills, and in 2004 for Best Blends).
Perhaps one of Green's most interesting projects came earlier this year when the DJ threw a party.
www.sohh.com /article_print.php?content_ID=7558   (434 words)

  
 Ryne Sandberg :: spokesmanreview.com
Gruff, fiery Dallas Green is another polar-opposite personality from Ryne Sandberg, but he was also Sandberg's professional patron.
Green jumped from manager of the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs as general manager in 1982 and insisted Sandberg be included when the teams swapped shortstops Larry Bowa and Ivan DeJesus.
Sandberg, too, had been a shortstop, but Green knew from his Phillies experience that the youngster could play anywhere in the infield.
www.spokesmanreview.com /sections/sandberg/story.asp?ID=mentors_green   (194 words)

  
 umusic.ca :: City And Colour
Dallas Green of City And Colour will drop by Much Music's M.O.D. for an interview and performance, on Thursday, April 13th at 5pm (ET).
Dallas Greens full-length album entitled "Sometimes" released under his solo moniker City and Colour, features Greens melodically driven musical lyricism on solo acoustic guitar.
Last year, Green, whose gold-selling band Alexisonfire won a 2005 Juno Award for New Group of the Year, released a limited edition EP.
umusic.ca /cityandcolour   (318 words)

  
 ExxonMobil Green Team Celebrates Opening of Two New Homes in Oak Cliff.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
DALLAS, Texas (August 20, 2002) -- The City of Dallas and ExxonMobil celebrated the end of the 21st year of the ExxonMobil Green Team on Tuesday, August 20, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and key presentation for two new homes built by the ExxonMobil Green Team in far south Oak Cliff.
The event recognized the 100 area high school students who spent their summer constructing homes, maintaining and landscaping Dallas parks and recreation areas, and participating in academic classes and educational field trips.
In addition to Dallas, the ExxonMobil Green Team is active in the following cities: Beaumont, Texas; Torrance, California; Joliet, Illinois; Chalmette, Louisiana; Clinton, New Jersey; Paulsboro, New Jersey and Arlington, Virginia.
www.exxonmobileurope.com /Corporate/Newsroom/Newsreleases/xom_nr_200802.asp   (544 words)

  
 Utility Automation & Engineering T&D - City of Dallas goes green to kick off Clean Air Month and ozone season
DALLAS, May 5, 2004 -- To kick off clean air month and ozone season, the city of Dallas will be setting a powerful example.
Green Mountain Energy Company will support the generation of wind power equivalent to the estimated amount of electricity that City Hall uses in a day.
Founded in 1997 to "change the way power is made", Green Mountain Energy Company (www.greenmountain.com) sells cleaner electricity generated from sources such as wind, solar, water, geothermal, biomass and natural gas to residential, business, institutional and governmental customers.
uaelp.pennnet.com /articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&Category=ENVIR&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=204086   (641 words)

  
 Green Dallas Initiatives
The Green Dallas Initiatives (GDALI) is a volunteer board of departmental representatives charged with the task of making Dallas a greener city.
Its original intent was to achieve this goal through employee environmental incentive programs, but the collaborative group has spawned a wide variety of environmentally friendly projects, both in individual departments and throughout the city.
Have a look around to see city-wide Green Dallas projects, departmental highlights, and even pick up some green tips so you can join the effort.
www.dallascityhall.com /html/green_dallas_initiatives.html   (94 words)

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