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Bend

City and administrative headquarters of Deschutes County in central Oregon, 142 km/88 mi east of Eugene, on the Deschutes River, in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains; population (2000) 52,000. Lumbering and tourism are central to its economy.

It was originally named Farewell Bend by pioneers who forded the river here. The city is the gateway to the Mount Bachelor ski resort, to the west, and headquarters of the Deschutes National Forest. Central Oregon Community College is here. Newberry Crater is to the south.



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" They replied, "You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we on the contrary bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken, and escape.
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In front of him, in the bend of the river beyond the marsh, moved a bright-colored line of peasant women, and the scattered hay was being rapidly formed into gray winding rows over the pale green stubble.
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After considering the matter carefully, Tip decided that the best place to locate Jack would be at the bend in the road, a little way from the house.
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