Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Atlanta 110, Portland...
...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...
Earlier this month, Hyster announced that the game was over, and Oregon had lost. "With great reluctance," said Kilkenny, Hyster would phase out a 53-year-old Portland plant, furloughing about 300 workers. In response to Hyster's ploy, the other states kept their plants when the music stopped but it cost them a cool $24.1 million...
...Portland 109, Chicago...