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San Juan
San Juan , river, c.110 mi (180 km) long, flowing from the southeast corner of Lake Nicaragua E to the Caribbean Sea, near the port of San Juan del Norte. The lower course of the deep navigable river is the boundary between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and Costa Rica's right to free navigation on the river there has been the source of dispute and tension between the two nations.
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San Juan: city of riches: Puerto Rico's capital offers fine beaches, a tropical climate, and history galore. (PVA's Convention City).
Magazine article from: Paraplegia News; 7/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...the newcomers called the island "San Juan Bautista," for Saint John the Baptist...Called "La Ciudad Amurallada," San Juan was founded in 1521. Ponce de Le6n...moved to the site of what is now Old San Juan. A major port--one of the Caribbean...
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San Juan: From an independent municipality to city.(Metro & National News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 5/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...for cityhood. For the past years, San Juan has been a major residential and industrial...also located in this town. Indeed, San Juan is just a small town making it not...Only Pateros is smaller. But before San Juan became a small and very progressive...
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San Juan: enjoy a day in the old city or extend your stay in a modern resort.(Port Of The Month)
Magazine article from: Cruise Travel; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Puerto Rico's capital of San Juan is an cruise-ship stop--and pre...in English, it's easy to see why San Juan is one of the world's top cruise...half-dozen major cruise lines call San Juan home. Plus, thanks to San Juan...
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San Juan seeks San Juan mayoralty
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 3/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...In the tumultuous 70s, Erick A. San Juan was a young and idealistic radical...transformation, the Lakas party has tapped San Juan to be its mayoralty candidate in the municipality of San Juan, one of the key communities in Metro...
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Fitch Rates San Juan Regional Medical Center, New Mexico 2007 Bonds 'A-'; Revises Outlook to Stable.
Business Wire; 4/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...Mexico, hospital revenue bonds (San Juan Regional Medical Center, Inc. Project...the approximately $12.7 million San Juan Regional Medical Center, Inc...hospital revenue bonds, series 2007B. San Juan Regional Medical Center's (San...
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 "Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA)")
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Rancho San Juan may be cut back.
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA); 7/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...Tuesday by the lead developer in Rancho San Juan to cancel a November election on the...who has sought to build in Rancho San Juan since the early 1980s, proposed to...approved overall plans for Rancho San Juan in December, opponents gathered more...
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Rep. Salazar Introduces San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...D-Colorado, has introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009...lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness...text of the legislation follows: San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009 H...
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 "Dispatch (Gilroy, CA)")
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San Juan City Council says 'no' to casino.
Newspaper article from: Dispatch (Gilroy, CA); 3/4/2005; 700+ words
; ...originally proposed at Highway 25 just south of Gilroy. San Juan Bautista -- The San Juan City Council voted unanimously to oppose a Miwok...the county vote and the Board of Supervisors," San Juan Bautista Mayor Arturo Medina said Monday. "I think...
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SAN JUAN THE CITY SHOWS ITS AGE -- HAPPILY
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/18/1990; ; 700+ words
; SAN JUAN - Wandering through the narrow cobblestone...shady plazas and ancient fortification of San Juan, I found myself mentally groping for the...first governor of Puerto Rico. Simple. San Juan, the oldest city under the American flag...
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AirTran Airways Launches New Service to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
PR Newswire; 11/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...that it will begin nonstop flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The fast-growing...Atlanta International Airport and San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport...Orlando International Airport and San Juan the same day and add a second daily...
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San Juan Islands
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SAN JUAN ISLANDS SAN JUAN ISLANDS. Approximately 172 islands make up the San Juan Islands, located eighty miles from Seattle in the northern reaches...
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San Juan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
San Juan city (1990 pop. 437,745), capital...busy port, mainly to the United States. San Juan's industries include tourism, brewing...international banks and business corporations. San Juan also has an international airport. The...
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San Juan Boundary Dispute
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
San Juan Boundary Dispute controversy between the...Strait and Rosario Strait—lie the San Juan Islands. Ownership of the islands, especially San Juan Island, was disputed. The quarrel, unsettled...
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San Juan Hill, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
San Juan Hill, Battle of (1898).Probably the...Theodore Roosevelt , the Battle of “San Juan Hill” is more accurately the Battle of San Juan Heights, and Roosevelt's famous charge...
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San Juan Hill and El Caney, Battles of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SAN JUAN HILL AND EL CANEY, BATTLES OF SAN JUAN HILL AND EL CANEY, BATTLES OF. After the Spanish withdrawal...William Shafter's advance in June 1898 were along a line from San Juan Hill northeast to El Caney. On 1 July the Americans attacked...
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