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NLCS NOTEBOOK / NLCS notebook: Bowa still bitter about '77 mishap

Oct. 9, 2008
- The Dodgers-Phillies matchup in the National League Championship Series has evoked much talk about the past, probably because they met in the 1977, 1978 and 1983 NLCS, but also because the Dodgers have not won a World Series in 20 years and the Phillies...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler