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MALA NOCHE. Come to the wild side of . . . well, Portland, Ore., for a drugged-out slice of lice in artfully grungy black and white. The first feature by Gus Van Sant, who was later beloved by critics for Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho, this 1988 homo-erratic melodrama remains his boldest and best...
CELIBACY SENTENCE. Alberto Gonzales, 27, of Salem, Ore., carries the AIDS virus and knows it, but he did not tell his girlfriend during their two-year relationship. After pleading no contest to a felony-assault count for transmitting the virus, Gonzales was given an unprecedented sentence: he is not allowed to have sex or even dates for five years. Officials concede this will be difficult to enforce, but Gonzales will be strictly supervised and will have to wear an electronic surveillance device for six months. Judge Janice Wilson said she will send Gonzales to jail if he violates the order...
...validity of such memories has divided psychological and legal circles. "By and large, long-term memory is extremely credible," maintains Jill Otey, a Portland, Ore., attorney whose office receives five calls a week from women saying they have suddenly remembered childhood abuse. "I find it highly unlikely that someone who can remember what pattern was on the wallpaper and that a duck was quacking outside the bedroom window where she was molested by her father when she was four years old is making it up. Why in the hell would your mind do this?" Reflecting that faith, at least...
Some folks just can't get along. There, in a grocery store in suburban Portland, Ore., was cashier Tom Morgan, more or less minding his own business. And there also was cashier Randy Maresh, who seemed to delight in tormenting Morgan. At length Morgan got fed up, hired a lawyer and sued Maresh for $100,000 in damages. The complaint: Maresh "willfully and maliciously inflicted severe mental stress and humiliation . . . by continually, intentionally and repeatedly passing gas directed at the plaintiff." Not only that: Maresh would "hold it and walk funny to get to me" before expressing himself...
Take Subaru. After more than 15 years with the New York agency Levine, Huntley, Vick & Beaver, Subaru of America in June awarded its $60 million account to Wieden & Kennedy, the hot shop in Portland, Ore., that handles Nike's ads. Subaru hopes the right ad campaign will help boost U.S. sales from last year's 108,000 to as many as 150,000 in 1992. Said Chris Wackman, Subaru vice president of marketing: "Consumers are looking for qualities like safety, affordability and rugged performance, all of the things that Subaru represents. We've always been called bulletproof...