Jim Gray
Jim Gray
plug pull
Did they pull the plug on us in a way that I just think is despicable? Absolutely.
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is a man of very high integrity, high conscience, a strong work ethic and a pragmatic guy.
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We have some of these teams that are made up entirely of professors. We have two teams that are made up almost entirely of high school teachers. We had a team that was all police and court workers. It's a time to get together with your friends and that's typically the people that you work with so we have these weird little bunches of people.
enforce influence laws workers
We need to enforce the laws that are existing. But I am acknowledging the big influence workers have on our economy.
fast good interested looking pick
We're still looking for volunteers. The good shifts go fast so those that are interested need to get down here and pick out a time.
bigger bit preparing
We're preparing for something a little bit bigger this year.
air basically hour nine questions
Basically we do about nine questions an hour over the air on KVSC.
If we had a little more snow, it would have been nicer.
certainly faculty larger
He certainly has accomplished that. The faculty has been transformed into a much larger and world-class faculty under Doug Breeden.
breaking good month
When a good month is just breaking even, there is no making up for the bad.
competition five four friday itself last register team won year
The team that won last year prides itself on being the last team to register. So they usually register around 4:30 p.m. on the Friday of the competition and they have won the last four or five years that they've been playing.
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This is an appointment which is so right, and I just know that Gary will make an outstanding political editor. He's a razor sharp political journalist whose judgement and insights are utterly sure-footed, as demonstrated in his masterful handling of some of the most charged political stories of recent times - for example, our scoops on the Attorney-General's advice on Iraq, the Hutton and Butler Inquiries.
equally gets people phone picking volunteer
Some people find it equally as entertaining to come down here and volunteer on this end because you're the person picking up the phone answering. It gets to be kind of frenzied and it's fun.
few hovering past teams
We've been hovering right around 70-75 teams the past few years.