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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri. It is an industrial center. Population: 144,000.
- A city of western Missouri on the Missouri River west-northwest of St. Louis. Established as a fur-trading post in the 1820s, it is a commercial, industrial, and cultural center. Population: 447,000.
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Here the pressures of doing business in a volatile and unpredictable world of terrorism and radical change are merged with the pressures of coping with the constant deadlines of electronic journalists who are ready to transmit the story-maven bits and pieces of it-around the world in the blink of an eye.
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In a world of scarce resources, money spent on chaplains is money that could have brought-wait for it-around 5000 qualified counselors into our schools.
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The commissioners are expected to take up the zoning ordinance again-after the planning board reviews and revises it-around June 2.
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