Word: oregon
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...when Harvard fallied two unanswered goals), and in the first Brown contest (when the booters notched three unmatched goals). For good measure, the Crimson concluded this year's successful campaign with four unanswered second-half goals to upend Texas A&M, and with a final overtime tally to edge Oregon for fifth spot at the Nationals...
...Oregon victory marked the last games for senior starters Ferrante and Ellen Jakovic, reserve Sarah Chubb and co-captain Dana Warren. For veteran booters Ferrante and Jakovic, this season caps successful careers which include three Ivy titles and two Eastern crowns (one shared, the other outright) in four years...
...which will take effect in January 1983, is similar to those already on the books in Oregon (1972), Vermont (1973), Maine (1978), Michigan (1979), Iowa (1979), Connecticut (1980) and scheduled next summer for the state of Delaware. Consumers in Massachusetts will be required to pay a deposit of 50 on any beer or soda container holding less than 32 oz. and 100 on containers holding 32 oz. or more. Retailers have to pay full refunds on containers brought back to them within 60 days after purchase. But they in turn get back the deposit-plus a handling...
...Despite dire predictions, the experience of the states that have enacted them shows clearly that bottle bills work. Oregon, though it never has had a serious litter problem, is now virtually free of beverage litter. Vermont highway officials reckon that roadside container rubbish has been cut down by 76%. Litter has been reduced by 90% in Michigan's heavily used state parks, according to officials. But in some of its industrial areas the cleanup has cost hundreds of lost jobs in bottle factories and millions in lost tax revenues from bottle sales...
...hypocrisy is also well-documented, if only in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's own rap sheets, so hard to keep up with these days. What was it again that was going on at the University of New Mexico? The University of Miami? The University of Colorado? Oregon State? Arizona State? Oklahoma State? All of these, and others, are now on N.C.A.A. probation...