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STEPPING DOWN. PHIL KNIGHT, 66, marketing guru, as CEO and daily manager of Oregon-based Nike, the $21 billion company he co-founded in 1972 and transformed into the world's biggest athletic shoe company; effective next month. Knight and Bill Bowerman, now deceased, started out in 1962, making soles with Bowerman's waffle iron. Knight, who will retain the title of chairman, will be replaced by William Perez, the CEO of S.C. Johnson...
...alive." Three years later, billions of dollars have been spent, more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed, the nation is divided, and we are nowhere close to knowing even where that man is. The President has failed us, and we are not safe. Dan Gambetta Portland, Oregon, U.S. Explosives at Large re the 377 tons of munitions missing from Iraq's al-Qaqaa military complex since March 2003 [Nov. 8]: If you were planning a war and you knew where the enemy's munitions dumps were, wouldn't you send a missile or two right...
...STEPPING DOWN. PHIL KNIGHT, 66, Nike co-founder and master marketer; as CEO of the world's biggest athletic-shoe company, effective next month; in Beaverton, Oregon. Knight and the late Bill Bowerman started out in the 1960s making soles with a waffle iron and selling the shoes out of a car trunk. Knight, who will remain chairman, will be replaced by William Perez, CEO of S.C. Johnson...
...lost to Oregon City in the championship game,” Knox says. “But Oregon City is one of the top five teams in the nation. Finishing second to them was sad, but in a way it was still kind of an accomplishment...
Last year, Knox averaged nine points, five assists and three rebounds per game, earning an Oregon All-State honorable mention...