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The Oregonian’s Rachel Bachman unearths story about Bill Bowerman/Nike waffle artifact, finds another story
Reporter Rachel Bachman also discovers another story about a struggling track team in eastern Oregon
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The man who was willing to pay the price: film director Otakar Vávra turns 100
Czech film director Otakar Vávra celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday. In his extraordinary career, Mr Vávra made over 50 movies, enjoyed by audiences in all of the regimes Czechs went through in the 20th century. But there was often a price for being able to make films even under the most difficult circumstances; a price Otakar Vávra was always willing to pay.
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Jane Russell, star of ’40s and ’50s films, dies
An original poster from the 1943 movie ‘The Outlaw’ staring Jane Russell is one display at Bonhams & Butterfields auction house in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2006, during the preview of their upcoming Entertainment Memorabilia Auction.
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