Flip-flop+on+storing+nuclear+waste

Comprehension

A 1 The reversal 2 New Mexico 3 3,300 4 Laws 5 Tom Udall

B 1 a. against nuclear activist b. tribe's parking lot c. victims biased in off-reservation schools 2 "As leaders barraged the tribe's 3,300 members with letters, the divisive campaign split both families and friends." 3 To raise consciousness on the issue for as many people as possible. 4 "Tribal housing director Fred Kaydahzinne garnered 200 signatures in a petition drive to hold a second referendum. He said 'misinformation' about safety issues threatened project promising 300 to 500 jobs and $250 million in benefits."

C 1 They promised that the radioactive rods would not leak and that their lead storage cask would never be opened on the reservation. They also promise for better schools. 2
 * They include numbers of people and amount of money
 * They didn't promised much benefits.

Vocabulary

campaign = a series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective, confined to a particular area, or involving a specified type. reservation = the action of reserving something. equivalent = equal in value, amount, function, etc. barraged = a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area. divisive = tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people. utilities = the state of being useful, profit-able, or beneficial dumbfounded = greatly astonish or amaze referendum = a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. international = existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations. celebrity = a famous person garnered = gather or collect dividends = a sum of money paid regularly by a company to its shareholders out of its profits.

Grammar and punctuation

1 One tribal letter asked about your opinion about the council whom you have elected would consider something that could be harmful to themselves and their own people. 2 The same tribal letter stated that some of the council may be related to some of you. The council, vice president and president have family, relatives and friends who care a great deal about them and feel badly when they are accused so falsely. 3 Zachary Begay, a patroller at the tribe's ski resort says that for the first time the Mescalores have the upper hand after a long time since Indian people have had a leverage against surrounding communities. 4 Udall said that the idea of moving waste all across the country to only a so-called temporay facility is ill-conceived. 5 Law said that the only thing she can do now is raising consciousness on the issue, not only for New Mexico but for as many people as possible