Word: fresno
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...every winner's story is a happy one. Ken Proxmire was a tool grinder when, in 1977, he won $1 million on a 50? Michigan lottery ticket. After the winnings started coming in ($50,000 a year for 20 years), Proxmire moved to Fresno, Calif, where he eventually opened three sporting-goods stores specializing in pool tables. He did a brisk business until 1980, when interest rates took a sharp rise and luxury items like pool tables became less popular. His business failed and, $100,000 in debt, he filed for bankruptcy. During this financial crisis his wife left...
...Vegas (27-5) and Louisiana State (18-10) squares off against Dayton (18-10). In the Mideast Regional at Birmingham, Ala., Oregon State (22-6) meets West Virginia (19-11) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (23-10) battles Brigham Young (19-10). The Midwest Regional pits Fresno State (25-7) against Louisiana Tech (25-6), and Memphis State (24-6) duels Oral Roberts (21-9) at Memphis. Mideast West
...Kevin Garvin LB 6-1 210 Sr. Wheaton, IL 57 John Gibbons LB 5-11 183 Se. Holyoke, MA 9 Greg Gizzi QB 5-11 185 Sr. Irvington, NY 52 Charlie Godinez OC 5-10 200 Se. McAllen, TX 79 Bernie Guekguezian DT 6-1 240 Se. Fresno, CA 11 Mike Hands QB 6-3 190 Se. Sun Prairic, WI 39 Chris Hannan LB 5-10 185 Se. Hyde Park, MA 64 Alex Hart SE 6-1 215 Jr. Pales Verdos, CA 80 Mike Hart SE 6-1 176 Se. Pales Verdos, CA 26 Richard Heine...
...salad bowl, with each element distinct. The biculturalists seek to use public services, particularly schools, not to Americanize the young but to heighten their consciousness of belonging to another heritage. Contends Tomás A. Arciniega, vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Fresno: "The promotion of cultural differences has to be recognized as a valid and legitimate educational goal." Miguel Gonzalez-Pando, director of the Center for Latino Education at Florida International University in Miami, says: "I speak Spanish at home, my social relations are mostly in Spanish, and I am raising my daughter...
Roberta Genini Fresno, Calif...