Word: port
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issue has divided Cambridge intoconservationists who wish to protect the CharlesRiver basin from 18-wheelers and hungryCambridge-port residents who want a convenientplace to shop...
...picked up by the Americans and would stand a much better chance of making it to the U.S. So far, 1 out of 4 refugees interviewed at sea has been granted asylum, in contrast to just 10% for those applying for refugee status at the U.S. processing center in Port- au-Prince...
While the people of Haiti suffer under economic sanctions, the nation's rulers are not only settling in for the long haul, they're making pricey home improvements. LIEUT. GENERAL RAOUL CEDRAS installed solar panels in his home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, an addition that will make his life more comfortable during frequent blackouts. Michel Francois, head of the Port-au- Prince police, ordered luxury furniture for his mansion -- but alas, the vessel carrying his shipment was turned back by the U.S. blockade...
...expect the military regime to be there six months from now," U.S. Haiti adviser Bill Gray said. At one point in an interview with ABC News, Gray upped the ante: "The coup leaders will not be allowed to stay in power." In the meantime, the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince bought radio air time on local stations to broadcast messages in local Creole warning fleeing Haitians: "If you take a new boat, one thing is certain: You won't get to the United States." As of yesterday, refugees are being shipped to Panama, rather than being processed at Guantanamo...
Uniformed soldiers tried to keep order as long lines snaked through the mustard-and-brown terminal. Tempers flared when priority passengers (including families of military officers) pushed to the front, while others found that their seats had been sold. The chaos at Port-au-Prince's airport reflected the rising tensions in Haiti, as the last flights left the country before a U.S.-imposed ban ban on commercial air travel went into effect at midnight...