Word: islands
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard junior's campaign to end the U.S. Navy presence on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques continued yesterday with a rally and a discussion panel of academics...
...walked until I could walk no more. I contemplated the best and safest way to conquer the crossing. I looked down the highway waiting for my opportunity. The flow of traffic lulled, and I sprinted across the three lanes to the highway's dividing island. I checked again, and I ran across the three remaining lanes. I reached the other side of the strip just as a BMW jetted by and honked at me in annoyance...
...particular, the rate of cancer on the island in the 1980s was 27 percent higher than that of Puerto Rico as a whole, according to the Puerto Rican government commission...
Secretary of Defense William Cohen convened a four-person panel to study the Navy's presence on Vieques this summer. The panel's report, released last month, states that the Navy has done well in addressing environmental concerns on the island, including the protection of endangered species...
...panel did give a mixed review to the Navy's compliance with the 1983 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)--a broad commitment by the Navy to improve life on the island...