Word: oregon
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...impact spreads. The rule of thumb in the housing industry is that the laying off of a single worker by homebuilders results in two additional layoffs in related industries like cement, copper tubing, building materials and wood. The signs are already ominous. Oregon Governor Victor Atiyeh reports that sawmills in his state are "closing almost daily." The Western Wood Products Association notes that 141 lumber mills in the twelve Western timber states have already closed and an additional 249 have curtailed production...
...pioneer in exploring DMSO's medicinal uses, and an ardent champion ever since, was Surgeon Stanley Jacob of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, who in the early 1960s began by trying it in isolated cases of burns, sprained ankles and arthritis. From those beginnings, he says, "the uses grew like Topsy...
Nick Kristof '81 also broke a vow to himself by running this year. Four years ago as a high school sophomore in Oregon, Kristof completed his first marathon in 3:32. After the grueling race, he promised himself he would never run another. Yet this year, the Lowell House resident recalled the romantic side of the race and began to train at the start of the semester, registering seven to ten miles a day. Kristof found Monday's race fairly enjoyable, especially while passing through Wellesley, where he received ice, oranges and kisses from three Wellesley students...
...early 1970s in my home town of Grants Pass, Oregon there lived a middle-aged man named Rodney, who was notorious as the "town faggot." Rodney's family was friends with mine, so one Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house I was introduced to him. I trembled with fear as I heard his name. This was the loath some man I'd been warned about? He seemed as harmless as my grand-father. In fact, he seemed nicer than my grandfather...
...benefit from such sentiment by pushing Carter harder than expected in this week's New York primary and later in the District of Columbia or Rhode Island. It was more likely that John Anderson could jostle Reagan in a primary here or there, most probably in Wisconsin and Oregon, and he might even mount a challenge in Reagan's home state of California. George Bush, too, vowed to fight on to the end, and he hoped to do well this week in Connecticut. But even if the underdogs snap and bite from time to time, there seems...