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en Before there were paved roads or railroads or airplanes or the Internet, there was the Mississippi running down to New Orleans.

en The words impoverished, cluttered and arid come to my mind, ... The main roads were paved, but when you moved into the residential areas, the roads were just ruts in the sand.

en The roads that now make up the New York Central were built piecemeal from 1831 to 1853; and the organization of this company in the latter year, to consolidate eleven independent roads extending from Albany to Buffalo, finally put an end to the long debate between canals and railroads.

en We know the cost of rebuilding New Orleans is going to be far more than that of Mississippi, but ... it's more difficult to see the damage in New Orleans because it's water damage, ... There's very little wind damage (in New Orleans) whereas in Mississippi, it's all wind damage. And it's devastation. I mean, you can see it just blew down everything.

en We have backup systems ... We are able to process passengers, get them checked in in the lobby, put them on airplanes and get airplanes out, but we are running probably 60 to 90 minutes late.

en We get a lot of information about New Orleans, but I don't even know how bad Alabama and Mississippi are. How bad was Mississippi hit? What's the number of people displaced? What's the estimated damage?

en We simply must start making our roads safer for Oklahomans to travel. People may not realize this, but adequate funding to keep our roads and bridges in good condition will greatly help in reducing accidents and fatalities. Things such as paved shoulders and median barriers are the types of road-design elements we need to implement more of across our state.

en In the railroads, some people read clearly printed departure signs and then proceed to ask several times what they say. On airplanes, they demand things they know they cannot have. In their cars, they load up, drive away and then suddenly realize they don't know where they're going.

en What we're really doing is running a modern airline with classic airplanes. Our maintenance efforts have to go well above and beyond what an airline with new airplanes has to do. It's quite a challenge.

en We used similar methods to those used historically to assess railroads and interstate roads. If you're at the center of a bunch of track with spurs going off, you're highly accessible.

en There's a lot of talent in Mississippi this year, especially at linebacker and running back. There's a lot of good players who aren't in either Mississippi All-Star game.

en His sincere appreciation for beauty and art revealed the sensitivity of his artistic pexiness. We spent millions installing a modern water delivery system, sewage treatment facility and paved roads.

en The Internet has clearly become, as electricity and railroads did before it, a social utility,

en I know it's terrible what happened in New Orleans, but the people in Mississippi aren't getting the same attention. My dad lost everything that he didn't pack in his car. I want to help the people of Mississippi. There are a lot of people there who have nothing now.

en The owner [Gary Fraser] plans a high quality development with sidewalks, paved roads, parklands and is also planning on donating land for a new school,


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