Word: ores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fill its own needs and provide a sizable surplus. This year, the country is again an oil exporter, to the happy tune of $311 million. Sadat predicts that the figure will jump to $1.5 billion by 1980. In addition, Egypt has largely untapped deposits of phosphates and iron ore...
...Common for fireworks and communal cheer. In Beverly Hills, Calif, 2,000 people had been expected at a modest tree-lighting ceremony; 15,000 showed up. The once tattered social fabric is being rewoven. Across the country, charities report sharp increases in donations of all kinds. In Portland, Ore., the United Way fund drive not only met but exceeded its goal for the first time in a decade. Said Drive Director Howard Studd: "We're really a good barometer of psychological attitudes. People are feeling relaxed and confident about the future. We're coming off a couple...
...Eugene, Ore...
George Nolton Salem, Ore...
...appearance-finally-in the higher reaches of business. Some 400 sit on corporate boards of directors v. 20 just five years ago. Women are increasingly joining the ranks of management, at least at the lower levels. A revealing case is that of the Georgia Pacific Corp., a Portland, Ore., wood products giant. Four years ago, women employed in its management were very rare; now half of its credit managers are female, along with 15% of its sales force. Says La Mar Newkirk, a Georgia Pacific spokesman: "Five or six years ago, where would you find a woman who could talk...