Word: guam
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CHARGED. JOSEPH MESA JR., 20, freshman at Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf; with two counts of felony murder; in Washington. Mesa, a resident of Guam, dismayed and relieved a terror-stricken campus by admitting that robbery was his motive for killing two freshmen classmates in their dorms, one early this month with the victim's own knife. The other, weak with cerebral palsy, was bludgeoned to death last year. Mesa had no criminal record and had planned to devote his career to the deaf...
...Actually, Chamorro are the indigenous people of the island of Guam. They make up almost half of the Guamanian population. The language of Guam is also called Chamorro. Those sugary dough sticks? They're called churros...
McGrath, 47, didn't grow up dreaming of making naval history. "I'm an accidental Navy officer," she says. "I joined on a whim." The eldest of six children, she spent her high school years at a U.S. base on Guam while her father--James McGrath, a 29-year Air Force veteran--flew B-52 bombing missions over North Vietnam. After graduating from Cal State-Sacramento with a degree in forestry, she spent six years with the U.S. Forestry Service. When she grew bored, her father suggested she give the military...
...Saturday and Sunday the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands threw their support behind Gov. George W. Bush in their Republican primaries. These territories delivered 26 delegates to Gov. George W. Bush and, collectively, carried more sway than North Dakota. This phenomenon becomes even more peculiar when one considers that the citizens of these territories pay no federal taxes and cannot even vote in the general election...
...business expense. Plus, it would be a chance to see how flexible and fast on their feet the candidates really are--wouldn't it be great to have a president who could speak about the local politics of Agana, Pago Pago and Charlotte Amalie (those are the capitals of Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for the talk-show hosts and campaign staffers in the audience...