Word: garcia
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...could be a problem for the Clinton administration and its candidates come November. The Navy on Monday moved three ships into position off the Navy's gunnery range on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, amid reports of an imminent federal raid to evict protesters squatting on the Camp Garcia range. President Clinton ordered the facility reopened in January, after concluding a deal with Puerto Rico's governor, Pedro Rosello, in which Washington promised $40 million in exchange for the right to conduct operations using dummy bombs this spring and agreed to abide by a referendum held sometime...
...Camp Garcia base, built on land expropriated from locals some 50 years ago and considered vital by the military, became the focus of nationalist protest after a security guard was killed by a stray bomb last year. But Clinton's bombing-for-cash deal with the local political establishment appears to have left more nationalist-minded Puerto Ricans unimpressed, creating the current standoff. The protesters may not be able to stop the Navy from resuming its bombing exercises, but they're hoping the spectacle of federal agents dragging off passive resisters will make the political cost of removing them prohibitive...
...CAUSA member Manuel A. Garcia '00 said he finds it disturbing that any Cuban-Americans disagree with the Miami community and want Elian to be returned to Cuba...
...most dramatic action of the lopsided day, Broughton stunned opponent Candace Garcia with a flurry of five straight wins in the third set to steal the victory. Broughton's come-from-behind win clinched the match for Harvard with three doubles left to play...
...ANDY GARCIA Drops by Elian's, securing cameo in Movie of the Week. That mustache, though... [& LOSERS...