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...tenure has been controversial among some Democrats for what might be called Kerrey's Merry Millionaires. His enthusiastic championing of wealthy businessmen such as Walter Minnick in Idaho, Tom Bruggere in Oregon, and former Glaxo executive Charlie Sanders in North Carolina (who last month lost the Dem-ocratic primary to Gantt) has caused some Democrats to wonder whether it was wise to link the erstwhile party of the working- man with those perceived as high rollers. Kerrey bristles at this charge. "Who was our most hallowed Democratic politician of this century? Frank-lin Del-a-no Roos-e-velt," Kerrey...
...about discretion than discretionary income: last year children ages four to 12 spent about $17 billion on food, clothes and toys, while their parents spent hundreds of billions more on their behalf. Where some see students, others see captive consumers. Brian Bice, president of Jordan Education Media in Portland, Oregon, which has developed programs for Disney and Hi-C, says it is naive to think businesses will just write checks to help out schools. "The private sector will be more eager to support education in the form of teaching materials, provided they're allowed to take a bow," he says...
...outdoor Nationals, held May 30-31 at the University of Oregon, Carswell scored two points for Harvard in the team standings with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000m, while Shearer didn't make it out of his preliminary heat in the 1,500m. In the indoor Nationals, Lonergan placed 11th in the 5,000m, while Carswell was forced to quit...
Junior Ian M. Carswell finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Division I Championships Saturday in Eugene, Oregon...
...nearby, more affluent neighborhoods. But when the parents of his new playmates found out where he was from, they would send him home--and check their kids for lice. Alexakis, now 34 years old and the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Everclear, based in Portland, Oregon, is still pained by the memory. "I've never had head lice in my life," he says, still arguing his case...