Word: island
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...Better Child Care (ABC) before year's end were dashed two weeks ago by political wrangling over how to finance it. A family-leave bill is also stalled. Policymakers in some states are not waiting for Washington to act. Seven states, including Minnesota, Oregon and Rhode Island, have already adopted comprehensive parental-leave laws; ten others have passed maternity-leave bills...
...turmoil at HHS is not the only problem Bush will face as he tries to satisfy both sides of the abortion debate. Last week the President spent a day campaigning for two pro-choice Republicans, Congresswomen Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island, who hopes to unseat Senator Claiborne Pell, and Lynn Martin of Illinois, who plans to run for the Senate. Then, as he flew back to Washington, he vetoed the budget bill for the District of Columbia because it contained a provision that would use city funds to pay for abortions for poor women. It was Bush's fourth abortion...
...sprucing up comes not a moment too soon. The resorts have been losing business to the cruise lines, which account for some 60% of the traffic to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tourists with limited time or money to spend are choosing ships over land-based resorts as a better value. "The cruise business is just killing the island resorts," says Jim Cammisa, a Miami-based travel consultant. "Like it or not, Americans are not adventurous travelers. The ; cruise offers clean accommodations, good food and consistency...
...tumble out of the cruise ships into Charlotte Amalie each week, the effects of the storm are almost hidden. Most of the jewelry shops along Main Street have reopened, to beguile passengers with special one-time-only sales that never end. Everywhere there are sounds of rebuilding. At the island's largest hotel, Frenchman's Reef, the hammering begins at 7:30 a.m., and the wind smells of hot tar. Guests by the pool don't seem to mind, but then many are insurance adjusters, with a special interest in heavy equipment...
Puerto Rico was equally hard hit, particularly on the islands of Culebra and Vieques. And yet, despite $1.3 billion in damage, "you can't even tell there was a hurricane here," beams tourist Emma Meadows of Richwood, W. Va. Shops and restaurants are open, highways are clear, and only 400 of the island's 8,500 rooms are still out of service. The conference rooms and lobby of the 570-room Condado Plaza have new windows, carpeting, light fixtures and furniture. Tree surgeons at the El San Juan are nursing the trademark poolside banyan tree back to life; the hotel...