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Guam and the Consortium

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It's actually hard to get local cuisine in the restaurants, far easier to get Japanese food. But, Mike Terlaje invited Donna McNear and me over for a potluck party for one of his nephews and we had the chance to sample terrific local dishes made by his family for each other. education laws as part of receiving extensive funding.

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Reflections on Micronesia

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The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. Some of these interactions lead to disabilities, such as the children blind from Vitamin A deficiency, which didn't happen before rice supplanted traditional foods. Of course, much of the wreckage is left over from World War II and its immediate aftermath.