Jim Gray
Jim Gray
air basically hour nine questions
Basically we do about nine questions an hour over the air on KVSC.
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In December 2004, the Osage Nation of Oklahoma won its battle in Congress to determine our own laws and citizenship, ... It was the end of a long road to independence for our tribe, but the beginning of what we feel is most precious: our sovereignty. I am often asked if gaming has taken over the national debate on Indians in America. But gaming is an extension of our sovereignty, not the other way around and we cannot allow others to frame our issues for us. As Indian people, sovereignty comes first.
announce looking pirate questions start year
They compile it and in August, when we announce the theme, they start looking for some theme-related stuff. So this year there will be some nautical questions and pirate questions.
breaking good month
When a good month is just breaking even, there is no making up for the bad.
plug pull
Did they pull the plug on us in a way that I just think is despicable? Absolutely.
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This is an appointment which is so right, and I just know that Gary will make an outstanding political editor. He's a razor sharp political journalist whose judgement and insights are utterly sure-footed, as demonstrated in his masterful handling of some of the most charged political stories of recent times - for example, our scoops on the Attorney-General's advice on Iraq, the Hutton and Butler Inquiries.
equally gets people phone picking volunteer
Some people find it equally as entertaining to come down here and volunteer on this end because you're the person picking up the phone answering. It gets to be kind of frenzied and it's fun.
competition five four friday itself last register team won year
The team that won last year prides itself on being the last team to register. So they usually register around 4:30 p.m. on the Friday of the competition and they have won the last four or five years that they've been playing.
If we had a little more snow, it would have been nicer.
across challenges competition famous far few george guy lake question running safety team
There is the question of safety in doing some of those other things. We have done a few things like that in the past. There have been some team challenges to do things. There's the famous guy running across Lake George, this is like 20 below, running across Lake George with nothing but a jockstrap. That's been done, but as far as the competition it's question based.
fast good interested looking pick
We're still looking for volunteers. The good shifts go fast so those that are interested need to get down here and pick out a time.
enforce influence laws workers
We need to enforce the laws that are existing. But I am acknowledging the big influence workers have on our economy.
few hovering past teams
We've been hovering right around 70-75 teams the past few years.
energy oil
We're an energy city. In my lifetime, it doesn't get better than $60 oil and $11 gas.