Jim Ryan
Jim Ryan
everybody hard storm weekend
This was a hard storm because it was a weekend and everybody was home. It made the residential plowing more difficult.
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When students enrolled, they often found overcrowded classrooms, unprepared instructors and few computers, books or other necessary materials,
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We fumbled a snap and gave them a short field and I know we missed a block and a lineman came clear through and hit our quarterback and we fumbled, ... That's an area that we strongly emphasize, is playing keep possession of the ball. We don't care if it's a fifth-string backup or a starter, we're not big fans of a turnover.
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We got a great response. People really love those old Simon & Garfunkel and Neil Diamond songs that we don't get to play very often on Lite.
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We expect Microsoft's commitment will accelerate deployment of many services that carriers see as important for the next generation of wireless communications. Microsoft's digital media expertise, applied to wireless in a way that focuses on the needs of the carriers, is a very positive step for our industry and consumers alike.
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We held out as long as we could. In order to get the gates up and running for the airport's regular schedule of flights, we had to take the command center down. Everything is still there at the airport and can be reassembled in a very short time if a flight does come to Rockford.
above added beyond capability office
We really feel we need some added capability in the mayor's office above and beyond communications,
consumers online relationship
We are demystifying the relationship between consumers and online services,
bus goes word
We don't have a way to get the word out if a bus goes down.
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We are opening these shelters for residents who are apprehensive of their homes flooding or concerned about power outages and are medically dependent on electrical equipment, ... With the sensitivity to the recent flooding in the Gulf coast states, we are taking a very pro-active, cautious approach with this storm.
musical services yes
We want to have enough services so that we can say yes to most people's musical interests.
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We pretty much cleared the benches by early in the third quarter. We played a lot of kids, which was nice, ... I would say a large number of kids had two or more quarters. There were very few starters who had four quarters, and the only ones who did were kids who were filling in on a special team here or there in the fourth quarter.
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When the hard times come, you don't make as much money, when the good times come you make quite a bit,
case ready
We'll still be ready in case things change.