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...nearby, more affluent neighborhoods. But when the parents of his new playmates found out where he was from, they would send him home--and check their kids for lice. Alexakis, now 34 years old and the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Everclear, based in Portland, Oregon, is still pained by the memory. "I've never had head lice in my life," he says, still arguing his case...
Even New Age companies formed around feel-good management can't avoid it. In Portland, Oregon, Hanna Andersson, a mail-order retailer and maker of children's clothing revered for its mother-friendly workplace, recently let go 25% of its work force. CEO Gun Denhart had also won kudos for her "Hannadowns" program, in which used Hanna clothing could be returned for a 20% credit toward the next purchase. The used clothing was then donated to homeless children. But rising postal and paper costs took a toll on this company, which last year had chalked up $52 million in sales...
Richard Read, an international business writer at The Oregonian in Portland, will study international politics, trade and finance...
...dress she'd made of credit cards because she was broke. Resourcefuness like that quickly garnered her offers for big-budget films. "America rolled out the red carpet for me," says Gardiner. "I'm very grateful." Nevertheless, this year, while her dress was attending a fund-raiser in Portland, Oregon, Gardiner watched the Oscar ceremony from her home in Bondi, Australia. Why did she go back? Seeing a stuntwoman she'd just been talking to decapitated on a set didn't help. Ultimately, though, her reasons were patriotic. "I want to see the film industry progress here," she says. "Even...
TODAYTOMORROW Portland at Washing., 7:30 p.m. Portland at Philadel., 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Sacram. at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Clevel. at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Minnes. at S. Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 8:30 p.m. N. Jersey at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Toron. at L.A. Clipps., 10:30 p.m. Chicag. at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Toronto at Golden...