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These incentives to expand help create cities that widen much faster than their populations grow. Between 1990 and 1996, metro Kansas City spread 70%, while its population, now 1.9 million, increased just 5%. In that period greater Portland, Ore., spread just 13%, the same growth rate as its population, now 1.7 million. For a long time Portland has been the laboratory city for smart growth. In 1979, as part of its compliance with a groundbreaking statewide land-use law, Portland imposed a "growth boundary," a ring enclosing the city proper and 23 surrounding towns...
...raided three camps outside the Bwindi national park, where several dozen tourists were just waking. The Hutus eventually seized 14 tourists they believed to be American and British and forced them to march barefoot into the hills. Only six returned to camp alive; the rest--including two vacationers from Portland, Ore.--were bludgeoned and hacked to death. At least one female victim may have been raped. The Hutus attached messages to the bodies of their victims, warning the U.S. and Britain to end their support of Uganda's government. Said Mark Ross, 43, a U.S.-born tour operator among...
Milwaukee 87, New York 86Golden State 92, Vancouver 82 Charlotte 105, Boston 87 L.A. Lakers 103, L.A. Clippers 99 Minnesota 85, Seattle 84 Houston 84, Denver 75 Chicago 103, New Jersey 87 Phoenix 103, Dallas 91 Utah 88, Cleveland 75 Portland 103, Sacramento...
Pacific W L Pct GB L10Strk Home Away Conf Portland 15 3 .833 -- 9-1 W8 9-0 6-3 11-2 L.A.Lakers 14 6 .700 2 8-2W8 8-2 6-4 13-5 Phoenix 10 9 .526 5.5 5-5 L1 4-6 6-3 10-7 Seattle 9 9 .500 6 3-7 L57-3 2-6 9-8 Sacramento 9 10 .474 6.5 4-6L1 4-2 5-8 6-8 Golden State 8 10 .444 7 5-5 W16-4 2-6 6-8 L.A. Clippers...
...band-which travels three out of four weekends in a van they own-has played at Amherst, the University of New Hampshire, Haverford, and clubs like the Basements, in Portland, Maine...