Word: salina
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...born in Tulsa, Okla., in 1918; his father was shot and killed by robbers when Paul was 3. As a kid, he built a radio set to receive distant magic signals, and in high school, a teacher nudged him into a radio booth at local station KVOO. Jobs in Salina, Kans., Oklahoma City and Honolulu followed just before Pearl Harbor brought him to Chicago in 1944. He stayed there, hosting a Jobs for G.I. Joe program, adding his signature phrase "the rest of the story" the following year. He got his own show, on WENR, with his wife Lynne, another...
Minneapolis, Kans., started a successful program in 1999. But it wasn't until Marquette enjoyed huge success with its program in 2003 that word spread, inspiring copycats. Marquette, within an hour's drive of Salina and Hutchinson, bought 50 acres of wheat field on the west side and began laying streets and utilities. All 82 lots have been taken; 23 new homes are finished or being built. The city's population, which had been falling, is now 650--up from 527 a year ago--and 45 kids have been added to the elementary school, says Mayor Piper. The giveaways "saved...
...Percentage of the plane's weight that was fuel when it took off from Salina, Kans...
...back to the moon and Mars. Humans are there to do the things robots can't do. A robot can tell you technical information, but they can't describe something the way a human can. Also humans can think for themselves; they can improvise if necessary. Bridget Byquist Salina, Kans...