Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little rain have incinerated much of the West again this year. "At one point we had 43 major fires going simultaneously," said Arnold Hartigan of Idaho's Boise Interagency Fire Center, the nation's wildfire command post. Idaho has had 18 major fires burning across 187,000 acres, while Oregon had nine on 54,000 acres. California had two major fires that burned 23,000 acres, and Utah had one big blaze on 1,700 acres...
HENRY IV, PART II. The darkest and most brooding of the Bard's histories is richly illuminated by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival at Ashland...
...leave China; as a younger son, he foresaw few opportunities, and as a believer in technology and progress, he was at odds with a traditional culture. After writing to Harvard and Yale for applications and receiving no reply, he wound up at Linfield College in Oregon. "When I was little," Hwang recalls, "my father literally owned a Chinese laundry...
Experts have estimated that Oregon will take in gross revenues each year of approximately $50 million from its wagering system. With a professional team and a larger population, some predict that Massachusetts would triple Oregon's gross revenues. After funding the administration of the lottery, the state would retain about $50 million for its own treasury...
...long history of public opposition to betting on games, and its commissioner, Pete Rozelle, sent a letter to the Oregon governor, stating his objections to that state's gambling plan. Jim Heffernan, the league's spokesperson, says that it would not be surprising if the NFL took similar actions if Massachusetts appeared close to adopting a state-wide betting scheme...