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CLYDE FARRIS West Linn, Ore...
...economic planners, the mineral finds come at a critical time. Over the past several years Chinese businesses have scoured the globe to acquire the raw materials demanded by the country's red-hot economy. They've faced steep price rises, more than 160% in the price of iron ore since 2004. The potential reserves in Tibet could help with that. They include 1 billion tons of rich iron ore, 40 million tons of copper and 40 million tons of lead. "Just going by the reports I've seen and accepting them at face value, the size of these finds...
Getting to know Menomena can take time. The emerging Portland, Ore. trio’s name is playfully enigmatic, like an inside joke to which you’re not privy. A Muppets allusion, perhaps? The music doesn’t make the band’s intent much clearer. Their third release, “Friend and Foe,” opens with the richly layered “Muscle ’n Flo.” Its dynamic rhythm and slide guitar give way first to a shifting piano melody and then again to an organ surging...
...totally awesome BPD officer.) Although similar lights were found in ten other cities, nowhere else did the police spend nearly $750,000 to disrupt traffic and arrest two twenty-year-olds who would only respond to reporters’ questions having to do with human hair. The Portland, Ore. police department quietly removed the objects that they considered “harmless.” Apparently, unlike the BPD, Portland police aren’t drawn en masse toward bright shiny lights. (Or to college students having—gasp!—fun, for that matter. But we suppose...
JAKE G. COHEN ’09 of Portland, Ore. and Leverett House Associate Arts Chair...