Word: ores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Eugene, Ore...
...first achievements was to rid North Africa and Asia of their historic plagues of locusts by means of cross-border aerial patrols and insecticide raids. Since 1966 the program's various studies-such as surveys that pinpoint copper lodes in Argentina, Panama and Turkey, iron ore in Chile and Gabon, and uranium in Somalia -have helped stimulate $5 billion in follow-up private investment. More than a third of all aid has gone to Africa and more than a quarter to Asia for assistance in such basic needs as agriculture, industry and public utilities...
...Nigeria is full of boom talk, and the country has enormous economic potential. It is rich in cash crops -cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, coal and iron ore. Most important is oil, which was discovered there in 1956. With a current output of 1,700,000 bbl. a day, Nigeria has passed Iraq and Canada to become the world's ninth largest oil producer. The government's share of the profits is expected to surpass $1 billion this year and $1.25 billion next year...
Hood River, Ore...
...150th Psalm, which must have been a first for the Copa. Wearing a beaded vest over blue satin shirt, Doc conducts and plays while a thunderous offstage voice intones, "Praise ye the Lord, /Praise him with the sound of the trumpet." Later he reminisces about childhood days in Arlington, Ore. (pop. 686), gives a brief recital on musical spoons, and reveals that his clothes are not hand-me-downs from Liberace's wardrobe, but are often sewed by his wife...