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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Vieques is used by the Navy as a training ground for war games and practice bombing runs. Residents there have complained that the Navy presence hurts their economy and the environment...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Naval Occupation of Vieques | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...want to show Harvard [administrators] that we have the support not just of Harvard janitors but of Harvard students and others," he said as he rode the elevator back down to the ground floor...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Janitors and PSLM Members Rally for Higher Wages | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...graduate, Bursztajn says he has also been able to keep in contact with an alumni network that has served as a testing ground for campaign ideas...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Plank by Plank, Scholars Build Party Platforms | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...five-way Republican candidates' debate in New Hampshire on October 28 that resembled a WWF slugfest until all the combatants agreed to criticize Bush for sitting on his cushy lead and forgoing the traditional campaign process. When the dust settled, Sen. John McCain had not only gained serious ground on Bush in New Hampshire, but polls showed him gaining on Bush throughout the country. The Bush crowd previously said he wouldn't do any debating until January, but says TIME Washington corresponded James Carney, "they realized they're getting a bad reputation for seeming aloof from the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Dubya Takes Off the Gloves | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...fliers were printed by something called the Fellowship Tract League, and their fiery language would have made the dead Puritans in Salem's old burial ground proud. "Thousands of Degrees Hot! And Not a Drop of Water," it warned the parade of Halloween sinners, dressed like Jar-Jar Binks and headed to Hell...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: In Salem, A Skewed History Lesson | 11/2/1999 | See Source »

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