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WINNERS
1. It just goes to show that
even the biggest baby will coo if given a large enough pacifier.
After May's very public spat between Nike boss Phil Knight
and the University of Oregon, the sneaker giant slipped
the UO business school $150,000 to generate new sports
marketing opportunities in China.
2. No, that's not the earth grinding to a halt--but
something almost as likely: the east side's poor
and homeless scored a rare victory when Sunnyside
Methodist Church and its neighbors shook hands on a deal
to keep the church's once-poorly-managed food and fellowship
programs in business.
3. The forces of ignorance prevailed when
a number of legislative candidates blew the deadline for
filling out questionnaires posed by the voter-education
group Project Vote Smart. Apparently, some candidates are
terrified to set their positions down on paper, lest--eek!--opponents
use their views against them.
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LOSERS
1. GOP Attorney General hopeful Kevin Mannix
must have some mighty sore legs after all the backpedaling
he did last week. First, he came out in support of Lon Mabon's
anti-gay ballot measure--then the usually media-savvy pol
spent the rest of the week deflecting the question, saying
he wanted to focus on more "relevant" issues.
2. The state of Oregon is facing a shortfall
of up to $200 million for white-collar workers it inadvertently
failed to exempt from overtime between 1995 and 1997. No
word on how many pencil-pushers, bean-counters and rule-sticklers
may line up to stake their claim.
3. The city is setting up a new Noise Control Task
Force to protect our precious eardrums from Portland's various
primal screamers, Harley Hawgs, drunken yahoos, weed-whackers
and boom-boxes. Note to club owners located near
shiny new condos: watch your backside.
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