Since 1945, the last time the Cubs appeared in a World Series, the team has famously been the subject of the "Billy Goat curse, " placed by a local tavern owner whose goat was denied entry that year to a Series game, despite having a ticket.
Later that year my entry to the Juried Sculpture Show at the Art Institute was rejected.
Since I wrote a blog entry about this last year things keep morphing.
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Ian Woosnam has added his name to the entry list for this year's Wales Open at the Celtic Manor Resort, near Newport (August 8-11).
Results from the latest Crime Survey - which asks people whether they have been the victim of any offences during the past year - showed statistically significant decreases for incidents of vandalism, vehicle-related theft and burglary with entry, compared with the previous year.
But officials did not revoke his two-year multiple-entry visa, which was issued in June 2008.
This year marks the entry of our first Vietnamese company, the dairy outfit known as Vinamilk.
This year's entry list includes new No. 1 and Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka.
Last year's entry, Love Will Set You Free by Engelbert Humperdinck, finished second from last with just 12 points.
This Year of the Seven brings the newest literary entry: Witness to Roswell: Unmasking the 60-Year Cover-up, by Thomas J.
This year marks the entry of the largest chip maker in one of the fastest growing technology segments of smartphones and tablets.
Using personal branding in this way can be especially valuable for the large companies that recruit a new fleet of entry-level employees each year.
Competitors can either take part in the race when a date is announced, accept a full refund of their entry fee, or gain entry into the event next year.
Even Britain, which is notoriously sceptical about Eurovision (while still watching it in vast numbers on television), put some serious effort into this year's entry with a song written by composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber who also hand-picked the singer Jade Ewen.
It will be a relief for tournament organizers, who faced sanction from the WTA Tour when they refused Peer entry to the event last year, and would have had to put her on the main court had she reached the final.
Entry is open to final-year students and recent graduates specialising in science or technology.
Sony's Aibo line of robot pets celebrates its third year with a new entry modeled on a pug.
Adobe, for instance, has increasingly been seen over the last year as a common entry point for malicious hackers.
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Abdulmutallab was granted a multiple-year, multiple-entry tourist visa at the U.S. Embassy in London in June 2008, the administration official said.
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With Annals of Mathematics, one of the best, denying entry to more than 300 last year alone, Rejecta could be busy.
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But parents should have a choice about whether a child is full-time or part-time and there should be the option to defer entry until later in the school year.
Talley's second COX-2 entry, Bextra, was approved last year, beating out Merck's second version.
The law will now allow the entry of 5, 000 Iraqis each year for the next five years.
The other major plus factor for officials this year was the standard of entry, particularly from European club sides.
Earlier this year, it relaxed the entry rules for foreign investors, making it easier for more firms to make a foray into China.
By playing in his sixth NHL game, the 18-year-old's entry-level professional contract officially began and he is no longer eligible to return to the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec junior league.
Williams' absence increases the chances of world No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska making a successful defense of her title, which began with the Pole grinding out a 7-, 6-3 win over Yulia Putintseva, a promising 18-year-old wild card entry from Kazakhstan.
If the Baseball Writers Association of America does decide that no one will gain entry into the Hall of Fame this year from their election, it would mark the third time since 1970 the baseball writers have failed to produce a single candidate worthy of enshrinement.
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