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Despite the occasional April shower, Portland, Ore., attorney Rosmarie (cq) Cordello, shown April 8, 1997, walks to work these days after selling her car. She lives about 11 blocks away from her workplace. She also grows her own food, buys in bulk and participates in clothing exchanges. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bob Ellis)



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Reference Resources
Title Location
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy B51 .R68 1998
New Catholic Encyclopedia BX841 .N44
Encyclopedia of World Cultures

GN307 .E53 1991

Familiar Quotations PN6081 .B27 1992
The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations PN6084 .H8 094 1995
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