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...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...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Dartboard | 3/3/2000 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Dartboard | 3/3/2000 | See Source »

Guam. George W. Bush is the only candidate with an office in Guam. They usually vote Democratic, but maybe not this year. Guam is not to be confused with American Samoa, where Dan Quayle made his famous "happy campers" speech...

Author: By Noelle Eckley, | Title: Campaign 2000, A to Z | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

...figure is Uncle Duke, the Thompson-inspired ne'er-do-well of the strip whose exploits have included countless drug trips, a brief stint as Governor of American Samoa and a classic turn as dean of Caribbean medical school, where students pioneered the transplant of a liberal heart into a conservative body (doctors were sure it was liberal heart because the body had been pulled from a Volvo). I often turn to Duke, my Trudeau talisman, for inspiration when writing papers, studying Greek or just seeking the meaning of life. For in my opinion, the answers...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Notes From Walden Puddle | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...those not content to celebrate the year 2000 from just one exotic location, Harvard University Museum of Cultural and Natural History is offering a "Around the World Millennium Expedition"--planning to whisk its voyagers from Easter Island to Western Samoa and on to Timbuktu, Mali with New Guinea and Tanzania in between...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Party Like It's 1999 | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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