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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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‘A’ for effort

True that THE new administration and Legislature will mark their 100th day in office on Wednesday, April 19. And so far, they are doing what can possibly be done when dealing with the CNMI’s biggest problem: a declining economy that cannot generate enough revenue to help pay the government’s never-…
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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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Variations | God on trial

“Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here.” — auschwitz.org/en/ “WHO is at fault? Who is guilty?” Father Richard John Neuhaus asked in his magnificent book, “Death on a Friday Afternoon…
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Happy Easter!

Same old… ONE of the dictionary definitions of “junket” is “a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.” For most of us, however, such trips are government-paid vacations. And many politicians agree — until they get elected and/…
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