Word: ores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remarkable manager as well. He has a knack for getting the most out of people, for making them do more than they think they can. Says St. Louis Plant Manager John Burkart: "All of us at Chrysler believe in the man. I worship the guy." Vince Williams, a Portland, Ore., auto salesman, says he decided to open a Dodge dealership rather than a Pontiac outlet just because of lacocca...
...leading calligraphers have urged that their countrymen instruct children in this writing technique. Many italic handwriting manuals are now available. One that is especially designed for use in elementary schools is the Italic Handwriting Series of textbooks by Barbara M. Getty and Inga S. Dubay of Portland, Ore., both teachers as well as enthusiastic calligraphers. Published by Portland State University, the eight-book series was adopted last month by the Portland school board as the official text for handwriting instruction from kindergarten through eighth grade. State education officials have approved the discretionary use of the Getty/ Dubay books...
...Portland, Ore., LaVerne D. Hollenbeck, who considers himself the "commander" of the Posse, was unmoved by the marshals' deaths. Said he: "They must have been awful poor marksmen...
With just about everybody competing for factories that bring jobs, corporations ordinarily shop around for the best financial incentives before deciding where to locate. But Hyster Co., a forklifl manufacturer based in Portland, Ore., has carried this game a step further and used it for decisions about existing plants. The result: a high-stakes game of musical chairs in which the stingiest locality loses its Hyster plant when the music stops...
...grand sweep into Los Angeles followed similarly ballyhooed arrivals into Portland, Ore., Denver, Minneapolis and five other regional markets. By April, USA Today will have entered five additional metropolitan areas, including Chicago, Miami and New York. Though Gannett officials are closely guarding the circulation results in individual markets, they claim to have a total of more than 400,000 street-sold copies a day. That would make the paper, whose first issue appeared in Washington on Sept. 15, at least the nation's 18th largest...