Pacific Island Times March 2017 Vol. 2 No. 6 | Page 3

WHAT WE HAVE THIS MONTH

OUR COVER
Haunted by the ghost of Nixon
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Medical marijuana is now legal in Guam but why is it still not accessible?
What is the status of weed legalization proposals in Palau and CNMI?
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Know when to use the word? eco?
Invoking magical self-defense
Vet erans Affairs
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From t he Publisher? s Desk
Who coined? cultural appropriation??
Brief Chat
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? s smartphone
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Revisiting a toxic problem
CNMI
AG won? t allow officials to get away with bloated pay raises
Technology
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Around t he Pacific
Atisa network system will be up and running soon
Feat ure
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Casino project hits a snag Solomon Islands gear up for the polls
? Oh well, Chuuk is very different
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Humanities at risk of being defunded
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Bookshelf
What are people reading these days?
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Ph ilippin es
Insight s
What can raise the minimum to the maximum?
Economic wheel won? t run without the seemingly menial jobs
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Palau offers more incentives to keep skilled citizens at home
On social stratification
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When the People Power ousted a dictator
Why women continue to march
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