Word: minn
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...control freaks to the hourly workers who no longer have to punch the clock. Entire departments join at once, so that no single employee is left out and made to feel less dedicated. Thus far, nearly half the 3,500 employees at Best Buy's headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn., are part of the effort. Each group finds a different way to keep flexibility from turning into chaos. The public relations team got pagers to make sure someone was always available in an emergency. Janssen got software that turns voice mail into e-mail files accessible from anywhere, making it easier...
This scene is being replayed often throughout the Plains as a fast-growing band of land-granting imitators has taken root from La Villa, Texas, to Chugwater, Wyo., to New Richland, Minn. Dozens of towns have some version of a land giveaway, and dozens more are considering it. "The giveaways worked once, after the Civil War," says David Darling, an expert in rural affairs at Kansas State University. "They have potential to work again...
...first real success was scored by Hendrum, Minn., less than 30 miles from Fargo, N.D. Since launching its land giveaway in 1994, Hendrum has added 18 homes--not exactly a boom but the first construction in at least a decade. "It has brought a lot to our town," says John Kolness, head of the local economic-development authority. Land values are rising, he says, and Main Street is picking up. The population decline has slowed significantly, and the town still offers free land to folks who will build...
Yours is the finest report on events in China since Marco Polo's. Jān Gadzo Chisholm, Minn...
Instead of publishing Ambassador Netanyahu's views, you should devote your columns to explaining how much Israel has contributed to so-called terrorism. The current level of violence is only the tip of the iceberg. Denying the Palestinian issue is leading to global disaster. Farooque Rizwy Brooklyn Park, Minn...