Article: i2 User Group Elects Six to Board of Directors; Companies Represented Include Best Buy, Halliburton, Michaels, Nike, Whirlpool and VF Services.

Article: OBITUARIES
The Washington Post;  January 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... and she settled in Washington in 1958. He died in 1991. She was active in a Bush presidential campaign and had served on the board of the Speech and Hearing Center of Children's Hospital. She was a member of the Sulgrave Club, the Metropolitan Club and ...

Article: Ohlone women spurt to victory
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     600 words ... ... Kelly Fisher (Washington) scored 14 points and had four assists. Aoife Sands had only two points but was monstrous on the boards, grabbing 10 rebounds. "There was a point in the season when we lost two games (in a row) and I think we began to get desperate ...

Article: Couple charged in business scam
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... in 2003, the contractors State License Board reported. Rick Alvin Powers and Cathy ... according to the Contractors State License Board The couple were arrested Friday at their ... following an investigation by the license board, the Franchise Tax Board and Contra Costa ...

Article: MTC critics call for equal money spent on AC Transit
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... of whom are non-white. To combat that inequity, a small group of activists gathered Friday to demand that the Metropolitan ... representatives of Urban Habitat and other grass-roots groups held a news conference in the lobby of the Metropolitan Transportation ...

Article: A LOOK AT . . . Standards of Learning; Voices From the Front
The Washington Post;  January 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... material quickly. To do so, we'll need to rely heavily on drill and practice techniques--as opposed to literature discussion groups, journal entries and research projects. We'll also need to teach the children specific test-taking skills, by changing ...

Article: WWII Navy aviator dies at 86
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     453 words ... ... VF-88, shot down 14 Japanese planes in the final days of the war. Hours after the Japanese announced their surrender, a group of six fighters encountered 20 enemy fighters, losing four pilots in the ensuing dogfight. In his log book, Komisarek described ...

Article: Studios help crafty students break art down into a million little ...
Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... s something a novice can get started with easily and quickly," she says. "It's really accessible to people of all age groups." At Snapshot, Dominguez teaches classes in creating mosaic art from scratch and also sells the supplies and kits people ...