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Variations | Garment days

IT was in 1986 when the Reagan administration expressed concern over “the  tremendous growth in alien labor” in the CNMI which the White House found “extremely disturbing.” We’re talking about a few thousand of legal foreign workers in a remote U.S. territory with a small population — at a time whe…
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Variations | Where old news never gets old

IN June 1987, Variety reported that one of the island’s leading shopping centers lost  $70,000 (about $186,000 today) worth of Rolex watches and jewelry “to a still unknown number of thieves.” There were two security guards on duty at the time of the incident. According to  Variety, the thieves “ma…
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Variations | When Saipan’s airport was an open air tin shack

“BUSINESS Reference & Investment Guide to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands” was published in 1988 and re-printed in 1990 and 1992. According to its author, the late cartographer and economist William “Bill” H. Stewart, the 232-page book is a compilation of historical, economic a…
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BC’s Tales of the Pacific | Irene and the pirates

JUST like today, piracy was a major problem in the western Pacific 100 years ago. Mention pirates to most people, and they conjure images of Captain Jack Sparrow or Long John Silver, all pegleg and eye patch. In fact, thanks to movies and television, pirates have enjoyed a reputation of being cool …
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