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THE PORTLAND MERCURY’S Sex Survey Results 2001

Data Compiled at the Mercury Technical Institute for Advanced Sexuality

Four weeks ago, the Mercury committed itself to a scientific project of epic proportions: to document the sexual practices of an entire city. An impossible task? Not for the perpetually horny employees of the Mercury! That’s why we published our first annual Sex Survey, in which we bluntly asked the citizens of Portland how they […]

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Special Chinese Astrology Section

Your Musical Horoscope for 2001: The Year of the Snake

LOVE THE “THONG SONG” but heard it way too often? Worn out your cassingle of “Hot for Teacher”? Listened to Pearl Jam’s Ten enough to make you kill your classmates? Fret no more! We’ve scoured the city for the newest and best bands, and by using the unfailing, accurate Chinese Astrology method, we’ve matched each […]

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