The independent. (Vernonia, Or.) 1986-current, March 18, 2004, Page 13, Image 13

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    The INDEPENDENT, March 18, 2004
C R O S S W O R D PUZZLE
39 Arp
India
42 Camel hair doth 7 Greek letter
44 Science class
8 Smash
45 Evaluate
9 Bedouin
48 Plant filament
headband cord
52 Legume
10 Ridge created
53 Warp yam
by a glacier
55 S.A. toucan
11 Seaweed
56 Geological
19 Skin vesicle
21 Artificial
epoch
lanauaae
57 No (Scot.)
58 Included (abbr ) 24 Brit, halfpenny
25 Amazon
59 Jack-ln-the-
tributary
pulplt
26 Rapid eye
60 Pub fare
61 Blind in falconry movement (abbr.)
27 Ancient times
2 9 .Ian norov
30 Science of
(s u i)
DOWN
31 Central
1 Spoken
standard time
alphabet letter
(abbr.)
2 Circular turn
34 Drone (2 words)
3 Move little by
37 Bacchante
little
38 Absolute (abbr )
4 Canna plant
40
Arabic letter
5 Tread
41 Fortification of
6 Mulberry ot
felled trees
ACROSS
1 Lamb‘9 pen
name
5 Knot lace
8 Maori seagoing
canoe
12 Concentrated
(abbr.)
13 Cheer
14 King killed by
Samuel
15 Ger.
exclamation
16 Malt liquor
17 Tibetan priest
18 Serpent
worship
20 Helm
22 Old Irish
counterfeit coin
23 Bustle
24 Marvel
28 Of the eye
32 One-spot
33 Tree
35 Amer. Cancer
Society (abbr.)
36 Greek letter
43 Hindu prayer
position
45 Father: Hebrew
46 Cauterize
47 Room (Sp.)
49 Accent
50 Lo (Lat.)
51 Bun
54 Formal dance
(Fr.)
Answer
on page 19
Page 13
Try some horse sense the American way
The tribal wisdom of the
Dakota Indians, passed
on from generation to
generation, says that,
"When you discover that
you are riding a dead
horse, the best strategy is
to dismount."
However, in govern­
ment (and in corporate
America) more advanced
OREGON TRIVIA
1. In what time zone is
Oregon?
2. What town serves as a
starting point for many jet-
boat tours of Hell’s Canyon?
3. How did John Couch
become the developer of
Portland’s first upscale resi­
dential district?
4. When was the Portland
Art Association founded?
5. What former Portland
State University quarterback
was enshrined in the College
Football Hall of Fame in
1996?
6. How hot are the Bagby
Hot Springs?
Answers on page 19
strategies
are
often
employed, such as:
10. Doing a productivity
study to see if lighter rid­
ers would improve the
dead horse's perform­
ance.
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee
to study the horse.
4. Arranging to visit other
countries to see how
other cultures ride horses.
5. Lowering the standards
so that dead horses can
be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead
horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contrac­
tors to ride the dead
horse.
11. Declaring that as the
dead horse does not have
to be fed, it is less costly,
carries lower overhead
and therefore contributes
substantially more to the
bottom line of the econo­
my than do some other
horses.
12. Rewriting the expect­
ed performance require­
ments for all horses.
13. Promoting the dead
horse to a supervisory
position.
9. Providing additional
funding and/or training to
increase dead horse's
performance.
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