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...Wooley says that if Asian-Americans are underrepresented in any professional field...
...comes closest, but it is often hamstrung by its dual mission: it is charged with both protecting vulnerable wetlands and keeping waterways navigable. In Louisiana, complains Environmental Lawyer Houck, when there is a conflict, the waterways win every time. This does not have to be the case, contends Bill Wooley, planning chief for the corps's Galveston office. While he concedes the task is formidable, he insists that "we can manage both. It's a matter of how much we want to spend...
...head of the U.S. Patent Office in 1899. Declared Wilbur Wright in 1901: "Man will not fly for 50 years." Thomas Edison, circa 1880: "The phonograph . . . is not of any commercial value." Albert Einstein, 1932: "There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear] energy will ever be obtainable." Richard Wooley, then Britain's Astronomer Royal, 1956: "Space travel is utter bilge...
...overloaded coal trucks, drivers bitterly complain that most of their tires blow out before they wear out. The main road between Baton Rouge and Shreveport, La., is so bumpy that freight haulers avoid it by going some 130 miles out of their way through eastern Texas. Says Trucker John Wooley, a former rodeo cowboy: "That road just tears a rig apart. It's like riding a bucking bronco." In California, Highway 101 outside San Jose is full of holes. Says Jon Carroll, a senior editor at New West magazine: "There are many blood alleys in California, but this...
Freshman center Elaine Holpuch scored nine points, but she grabbed a sub-par five rebonds. Carle and Doris Wooley led Harvard with eight caroms each. PENN 68, HARVARD 61 HARVARD G FT T Sue Field 3 2-2 2 Stacie McMahon 1 1-2 3 Gillian Raney 3 0-1 6 Caryn Curry 7 2-4 16 Kim Belshe 3 0-0 6 Hildy Meyers 0 2-2 2 Wendy Carle 3 1-3 7 Dorris Woolery 3 3-4 9 Elaine Holpuch 2 2-4 6 Karen Smith 1 2-2 4 Totals...