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. The 1996 Olympics were marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing on July 27 Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the pipe bomb and immediately notified law enforcement and helped evacuate as many people as possible from the area before it exploded Although Jewell's quick actions are credited for saving many lives the bombing killed spectator Alice Hawthorne wounded 111 others and caused the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack Jewell was later considered a suspect in the bombing but was never charged and he was exonerated in October 1996 in 2003 Eric Robert Rudolph was charged with and confessed to this bombing as well as the bombings of two abortion clinics and a gay bar He stated "the purpose of the attack on July 27th was to confound anger and embarrass the Washington government in the eyes of the world for its abominable sanctioning of abortion on demand." He was sentenced to a life sentence at ADX Florence prison in Florence Colorado, Hugh Duffy played with the franchise from 1892 to 1900 and won the third Triple Crown in MLB history. Joseph H Boardman replaced Kummant as President and CEO in late 2008 Cast iron used in rails proved unsatisfactory because it was brittle and broke under heavy loads the wrought iron invented by John Birkinshaw in 1820 replaced cast iron Wrought iron (usually simply referred to as "iron") was a ductile material that could undergo considerable deformation before breaking making it more suitable for iron rails But iron was expensive to produce until Henry Cort patented the puddling process in 1784 in 1783 Cort also patented the rolling process which was 15 times faster at consolidating and shaping iron than hammering These processes greatly lowered the cost of producing iron and rails the next important development in iron production was hot blast developed by James Beaumont Neilson (patented 1828) which considerably reduced the amount of coke (fuel) or charcoal needed to produce pig iron Wrought iron was a soft material that contained slag or dross the softness and dross tended to make iron rails distort and delaminate and they lasted less than 10 years Sometimes they lasted as little as one year under high traffic All these developments in the production of iron eventually led to replacement of composite wood/iron rails with superior all iron rails. Even before 2002 the state had become increasingly supportive of Republicans in Presidential elections it has supported a Democrat for president only three times since 1960 in 1976 and 1980 native son Jimmy Carter carried the state; in 1992 the former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton narrowly won the state Generally Republicans are strongest in the predominantly white suburban (especially the Atlanta suburbs) and rural portions of the state Many of these areas were represented by conservative Democrats in the state legislature well into the 21st century One of the most conservative of these was U.S Congressman Larry McDonald former head of the John Birch Society who died when the Soviet Union shot down KAL 007 near Sakhalin Island Democratic candidates have tended to win a higher percentage of the vote in the areas where black voters are most numerous as well as in the cities among liberal urban populations (especially Atlanta and Athens) and the rural Black Belt region that passes through the central and southwestern portion of the state.

. Atlanta has a large effect on the state of Georgia the Southeastern United States and beyond Atlanta has been the site of growth in finance insurance technology manufacturing real estate service logistics transportation film communications convention and trade show businesses and industries while tourism is important to the economy Atlanta is a global city also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center as a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system, 64/18 77/25 ? ? ? ? ? ? Walton (253/sq mi) Est 2018 10,519,475 8.6% Atlanta Georgia business directory. ! ; . Joe Kelley Red Schoendienst 1 History Cities by two days of rain. On December 15 1939 Atlanta hosted the premiere of Gone with the Wind the epic film based on the best-selling novel by Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell the gala event at Loew's Grand Theatre was attended by the film's legendary producer David O Selznick and the film's stars Clark Gable Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland but Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel an African American actress was barred from the event due to racial segregation laws and policies.