Word: reno
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...include sound amplification in their construction plans. Districts in other states are beginning to get on board. Last year Audio Enhancement of Bluffdale, Utah, the leading U.S. vendor of classroom sound systems, sold 15,000 of them, up from 7,000 in 2002. Typical cost per classroom: $1,500. Reno, Nev., has added the devices to 52 schools over the past two years, and Palm Beach County, Fla., is using a federal grant to pay for systems in 27 poorly performing schools...
...check both off his list at age 23. Ellison, son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, plays a fighter pilot in Flyboys, the new film about World War I flying aces. Although it's his first role, Ellison was better prepared than co-stars James Franco and Jean Reno in at least one respect--he's been a competitive stunt pilot since age 13. And, oh yes, it didn't hurt that the Ellisons helped fund the movie...
...clearing their throat before getting to the point, and he has always had an affinity for forceful women like Rice and communications guru Karen Hughes. Still, Townsend's rise to the President's inner circle is remarkable when you consider that she was a Justice Department confidante of Janet Reno's--which made her suspect among conservatives who still love to hate Bill Clinton's Attorney General--and that some counterterrorism professionals question her credentials...
...workers strayed or even drove too fast. It also enabled him to route workers more efficiently. So when McDonald logged on, the program told him exactly where his worker was--and it wasn't in bed with the sniffles. "How come you're eastbound on 80 heading to Reno right now if you're sick?" asked the boss. There was a long silence--the sound of a job ending--followed...
...make the mistake of assuming that if you add a water park, your worries are over," he says. The Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, for example, runs a 125,000-sq.-ft. indoor water park (the U.S.'s largest) and almost as much meeting and convention space. The Reno Hilton will reopen in 2007, as the Grand Sierra Resort, with a similar dual strategy...