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News & Comment Coming soon to a fast-food drive-through near you? CHARLOTTE – San Diego based Jack in the Box has tested outsourced drive-through order taking at seven of its 30 Charlotte area restaurants… –The News & Observer (snap crackle) All of our employees are busy in Bangladesh or on a coffee break. Your call is important to us so please (snap crackle)… For English press one, for a hamburger press two, for fries with that press three…to speak with an area representative, press on or buzz off. Your call is important to us…the estimated wait time for your order is approximately (snap crackle)…Your call is important to us. So…
...What should have been a 2½ hour trip from Houston to Minneapolis had moved into its ninth hour... It wasn’t until landing that passengers were allowed out of the plane. –THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some things never change “A woman is A u r l u e t
digit DETECTION A
C
C
E
P
T
9
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
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7
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7
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5
5
5
5
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4
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4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
The square of the two-digit number AC is the four-digit number CEPT. (AC)2 = CEPT And the letters EPCAT stand for five contiguous digits in ascending order. Given these clues, do you accept the challenge to find the value of ACCEPT?
For answers, please see page 34
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G.” t h i c a p y g o –Ovid (43 B.C.–18 A.D.) Use the capital letters in the code clue below to fill in the blanks above. “ABEGHILMNOSTUWY” means uncopyrightable
F I N D T H E VA L U E O F S O L A R E N E R G Y + + + + + + + + + + =
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Each of the nine different letters in SOLAR ENERGY has been given a different value from 1 through 9. The letters in the nine words listed below have the same values, and the total value of the letters in each word is given in parenthesis. Your challenge is to find the value of each letter and the total value of SOLAR ENERGY. For a solution, send e-mail to joyner@carolinacountry.com. Put SOLARENERGY on the subject line. GREEN (30) GROAN (22)
LOSE (24) YES (19)
ANGER (23) ONE (18)
NOSE (23) NO (10)
SLANG (15)
© 2009 Charles Joyner
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