With Carter starting behind the plate in the opener (he would sit out the nightcap), the Mets jumped out to 6-0 lead after four innings on their way to a 7-1 win behind Dwight Gooden.

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Now there are some companies that are doing a great job, and some of the bigger record companies are actually starting to step up to the plate too.

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She takes her visit to the Galapagos, for example, as the starting point for an explanation of plate tectonics (the itchy movements of the various plates that comprise the earth's ever-shifting surface) that created these islands.

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The old-school breakfast joint sprang up in Route 66's heyday, and waitresses still deliver thick-cut French toast and plate-defying omelettes - along with free doughnut holes and Milk Duds - near the fabled road's starting point.

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