Smith later participated in the postseason for the first time when the Cardinals faced the Atlanta Braves in the best-of-five 1982 National League Championship Series ( NLCS ).

The Cardinals faced the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 National League Championship Series.

In the 1998 NLCS, the Padres faced the Atlanta Braves, who had won the National League East with an astonishing 106 – 56 record.

In the conference semifinals, the Cavaliers faced the 4th-seeded Atlanta Hawks, who had defeated the Miami Heat in seven games.

He enjoyed another great season, posting 18 wins as Minnesota faced the Atlanta Braves in the World Series.

Before being elected to Atlanta City Council in 1981, Lewis faced " years of criticism as a holier-than-thou publicity seeker who challenged city leaders on ethical matters ".

In the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Johnston faced the combined Northern armies of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, whose orders were to destroy the Army of Tennessee, with the capture of Atlanta as the secondary objective.

By October 1994 — only a month before WAGA was slated to join Fox — CBS faced the prospect of having to pipe in WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, WDEF-TV in Chattanooga, WRBL in Columbus and WMAZ-TV in Macon for cable customers until it could find a new affiliate in Atlanta.

In his first start for the Lookouts Williamson faced Atlanta Braves veteran John Smoltz, down with the Greenville Braves on a rehabilitation assignment.

Dan became a successful real estate broker in Atlanta, but eventually faced bakruptcy and chemical dependency.

CBS faced similar situations in Atlanta, Austin, Cleveland and Detroit.

* In, the Dodgers and Giants were tied for second in the NL West, both one game behind the Atlanta Braves, as they faced each other in the final three games of the year.

After the 1997 season, Robinson joined the Atlanta Falcons in 1998, and after making a game-saving play in the NFC Championship game ( breaking up an otherwise certain winning touchdown to Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss ) made it back to the Super Bowl ( the Falcons ' first appearance ever ) for the third year in a row, and again faced the Broncos.

Brandt, having fought the Nazis and having faced down communist Eastern Germany during several crises while he was the Mayor of Berlin, became a controversial, but credible, figure in several different factions.

However, the Mayor still faced the charge of disorderly conduct, and a delayed dismissal was granted, along with $ 400 to cover court fees.

The city's population had dwindled to 449, and there was talk of disincorporation, which was renewed in 2011, when Mayor Keith Conway faced federal charges for using city funds to pay for personal expenses, including a vacation home in Florida.

He launched his first campaign for governor in May 1987 from Corydon, Indiana and initially faced off against then-Secretary of State Evan Bayh and Kokomo Mayor Steve Daily.

In 1990, McConnell faced a tough re-election contest against former Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane, winning by 4. 5 points.

In 1992, he faced Saint Louis Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl in the Democratic primary for governor.

FLP faced its first electoral test in municipal elections held three months later, when it won control of the Suva City Council and its candidate, Bob Kumar was elected Lord Mayor.

Rajoy faced a serious situation within his party after receiving public pressure from the electorally successful Alberto Ruiz Gallardón ( Madrid's Mayor ) to be included in the PP lists for the March 2008 general election.

Among the accused was Steve Christian, Pitcairn's Mayor, who faced several charges of rape, indecent assault, and child abuse.

He would have faced Mayor Jerramiah Healy, former Assemblyman Louis Manzo and community activist Dan Levin for the mayor's office.

For the general election, Celebrezze faced a formidable Republican foe, George Voinovich, the popular out-going Cleveland Mayor.

In the primaries he faced former Mayor Kimo Apana and popular City councilwoman Charmaine Tavares, daughter of the late mayor Hannibal Tavares.

Consequently, Gates and his department faced strong criticism in the aftermath of the arrest ; Mayor Tom Bradley also called for Gates to resign, but he refused, leading to a stand-off between Gates and the mayor.

Graves faced a tougher reelection race in 2008 against Democratic nominee and former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes.

As Council President, Conlin Chaired special committees on Open Government and Economic Recovery, and led the Council through a challenging transition to a new Mayor and the most difficult economic situation that Seattle has faced in many years.

Ritchie secured renomination easily, and faced William Broening, the Republican Mayor of Baltimore, during the general election.

On May 5, 2009, the top two vote-getters faced off and he defeated interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. and was elected to complete former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's term, which ended December 31, 2009.

The union, faced with a challenge to its very existence, threatened to strike if the Mayor went through with this plan.

Mike Quill Corner in KingsbridgeThe union faced more serious challenges at home as Mayor Fiorello La Guardia threatened to revoke the union's status as representative of the employees of the IRT and BMT when the City bought those lines in 1940.

Huey P. Long and New Orleans Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, when armed city police and state troopers faced off at the Orleans Parish line and armed conflict was only narrowly avoided.

Adler was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and faced Republican Medford Mayor, Lockheed Martin executive, and Gulf War veteran Chris Myers.

Each side stepped back from the confrontation: Chief Johannes and Mayor Bainbridge faced calls for their impeachment, while the union continued to urge its members not to give the police any justification for further attacks, disarming a number of picketers who wanted to return fire with fire.

On August 22, 2006, she faced the second place finisher of the July primary Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett in the Republican candidate runoff election, and won with 63 % of the vote.

McCoubrey also faced criticism from a former Lord Mayor of Belfast, Hugh Smyth, who had been a friend of his until the incident, with a number of Smyth's colleagues in the Progressive Unionist Party amongst those ran out of the Shankill by Adair and ' C ' Company.

AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou dispelled the notion that the club's future was in doubt, but admitted that Stynes ' board faced a huge challenge.

Following the 1914 election, the Labor Prime Minister of Australia, Andrew Fisher, found the strain of leadership during World War I taxing and faced increasing pressure from the ambitious Hughes who wanted Australia to be firmly recognised on the world stage.

* 2006, the Canadian playwright Andrew Moodie wrote a play called The Real McCoy, which portrays McCoy's life, the challenges he faced as an African American, and the development of his inventions.

Andrew, faced with the loss of Nina, impulsively buys Nina an engagement ring and shows it to Ephram, saying he simply needed to act on his feelings, even if he had no intention of asking her.

After a draw with Ballymena and a penalty strokes victory over Leinster champions St Andrew ’ s in the pool phase the Jes girls won through to the Final where they faced strong Ulster opponents Foyle & Londonderry College.

However, Hanington faced a leader of the opposition, Andrew G. Blair who had organised the Liberal Party into a powerful force.

Along with three other Democrats senators Natasha Stott-Despoja, Andrew Murray and Andrew Bartlett, Lyn Allison's seat was up for election in this round, and commentators agreed that she faced a serious challenge, particularly from the Greens, Family First and the major parties for her Senate seat, which was considered highly vulnerable after the Democrats disappointing performance in the 2004 election when the last Senate seat was won by Family First.

Due to some of its proposals, and because two of OUSA's former executive directors were hired by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities after their service with the Alliance ( Barry McCartan, Executive Director, 1997 – 98, and Andrew Boggs, 1998 – 99 ), OUSA has faced charges that it is at times too close to the government.

The murders of James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from nearby Meridian, Mississippi ; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old white Jewish anthropology student from New York ; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old white Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker also from New York, demonstrated the dangers faced by civil rights workers in the South, especially during what became known as " Freedom Summer ", dedicated to voter education and registration.

The 1866 elections were a decisive event in the early Reconstruction era, in which President Andrew Johnson faced off against the Radical Republicans in a bitter dispute over whether Reconstruction should be lenient or harsh toward the vanquished South.

Andrew Chan, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens and Myuran Sukumaran, all aged between 18 and 28 at the time of their arrests, faced the death penalty or life in prison if convicted.

Republican candidate Sarah Palin, Democratic candidate Tony Knowles, and independent candidate Andrew Halcro faced each other in the general election.

Together with numerous other Red Stick warriors, McQueen later faced Colonel Andrew Jackson who commanded state militias from Tennessee, Georgia and the Mississippi Territory, as well as allied Lower Creek and Cherokee warriors at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814.

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