Word: powers
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...keep the Internet feed up and live and the telephone lines open when the date changes, and as long as AT&T is fine, we can keep things going," she says. "But we will have generators at our main building at 1730 Cambridge St., so even if the power goes out we can keep the Internet...
...year history of the U.S. Navy's occupation and bombardment of Vieques is a chronology of abuse of power, fatal errors and broken promises which began in 1941 and climaxed on the April 19 bombing raid that killed civilian David Sanes...
...Navy abuse of power in Vieques is not limited to the relatively far past of the '40s; all of the 9,300 people living in Vieques have experienced the negative effects of Navy occupation of the island. The people of Vieques live in a place where the cancer rate is 27 percent higher than the rest of Puerto Rico; 50 percent of the people are unemployed and 70 percent of the people live under the official poverty line. Vieques, where fishing has been an essential livelihood for hundreds of years, is greatly affected when most of its waters are kept...
...people of Vieques do not trust a Navy whose own officers admit to blatant violation of its treaties with the Puerto Rico Government. The president owes the 9,300 people of Vieques an apology for the abuses of power performed by a Navy which he commands. The only way to ensure that the Navy will leave Vieques from here to the year 2004 is by ordering their immediate withdrawal from the island. If he lets the Navy stay in Vieques, there is a strong probability that a following president will ignore Clinton's recommendation and permit further bombardment in Vieques...
...Mark Katz's commentary "Power Children" [ESSAY, Nov. 15], he criticized the teen worshipping of recent years. I am a part of the generation that has grown up with countless television shows and self-help books on how to be a teenager. You need not worry that teen worship will turn us from the golden calf into a tarnished cow. Even though we have got more attention, we are still the same people. The extra focus on teens and children in today's society is not necessarily a bad thing. LISA CHEN, AGE 17 New York City...