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...Wichita is a city of low profiles, of taciturn factory workers and reticent billionaires. Did you know that a Wichita musician named Gage Brewer was the first to whang an electric guitar in concert? Of course you didn't. Or that the first organized sit-in to desegregate a lunch counter took place in a Wichita Rexall? Many of the kids who participated never even told their parents...
...series is recalled fondly for its hokey acting and the aliens whose costumes had visible zippers. But its puny pedigree doesn't eliminate it from big-screen retooling. Indeed, if a TV show from the '60s or '70s had a premise elementary enough to be pictured on a lunch-box lid, chances are it's recently been made into a movie. One more victory for the retro kids...
...sugars and saturated fats. The e-mails, devised by a company founded by a public-health professor at the University of California, Berkeley, were brief and contained one small goal a week, such as going for a walk during a coffee break, ordering a salad with grilled chicken for lunch or avoiding the cupcakes in the conference room. (Watch a video about a treadmill you can use while...
...five-plus hours, what is the practical limit? Six? Seven? Twelve? We may never know. "Testing beyond 5.5 to six hours is not practical," says Ackerman, "because examinees would need a break of significant time to eat. It's an open question whether eight or more hours with a lunch break would result in poorer performance." For now, high school students dreading the SAT probably don't have to worry that the test is going to get longer. But it's not likely to get any shorter either...
...hour later, in nearby Alexandria, Moran was hosting a ladies' lunch for more than 100 "women for Moran." When asked about McAuliffe's last-minute endorsements and get-out-the-vote efforts, Moran scoffed. "I have support all across Virginia and that's exactly what we need in a governor. The mayors of Hampton Roads and Richmond and Petersburg and here, of course, in Alexandria, all across northern Virginia, are supporting me because they know I know their issues," he said. Moran, a former prosecutor, was chairman of the legislature's Democratic caucus until he left office in December...