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...meant to appeal to Western voters, Bush may have miscalculated its effect. While he was applauded by the region's timber workers, many other Westerners realize that the issue of preserving the remaining fragments of old-growth forest is more complex than owls vs. lumberjacks. George Atiyeh, a former timberman and fourth-generation Oregonian, left the business after watching what clear-cuts have done to the Oregon landscape. "Either my eyes were lying, or I was kidding myself about logging being sustainable," he says. From the air, Oregon's national forests look far worse than the rain forests of Rondonia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Green Factor | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...Timberman William Edward Boeing, then 34 and already a venturesome millionaire with a yen to get into the aircraft-building industry, founded the corporation that still carries his name. The original capitalization for today's Boeing Co. was $100,000, and the first factory facility was an all-but-abandoned Seattle boatyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Boeing at 50 | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

...times and first in the fleet twice. Two weeks ago, as 26 boats from eight nations swept out to sea for the start of the Buenos Aires-Rio race, Ondine's chances looked slim indeed. The favorite was Stormvogel, a 73-ft. ketch owned by Dutch Timberman Cornelius Bruynzeel. The heaviest yacht in the race (43 tons), she was the defending champion; in 1962, she won the race in the record time of 191 hrs. 37 min. What's more, she had beaten Ondine all twelve times the two boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing: A Certain Elation | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

Returning from a uranium-prospecting jaunt in the barren countryside of Queens land, Australia one day last month a jeepload of weekend prospectors bogged down in a creek. Four got out to push while a fifth, Timberman Norman McConachie, idly strolled along the creek bank with a Geiger counter. He spotted a promising rock and put his counter to it. The needle jiggled up to 2,500 on the dial. With darkness falling, the five went home to the little mining town of Mount Isa. Three days later they were back, with three others, to check thoroughly on nearby rocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Mary Kathleen | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

Fourth period: Folan (Smith) (Y), 2:01; Hudner (unassisted), 3:33; Murphy (unassisted) (Y), 5:02; Timberman (Herman) (Y), 8:30; Baldwin (Byrne), 13:36; Baldwin (Mauran...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Lacrosse Team Edged, 12-9, By Highly Touted Bulldogs | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

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