| The brainchild of Jeff Valdez, a former comedian, Sí TV strikes a blow neither for linguistic assimilationists nor for preservationists. |
| A post-Katrina release of oil has been compared to the much smaller 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. |
| The teenagers are taking part in a taekwondo lesson in the Manuel Valdez Community Centre, a tidy new facility for sport, arts and education. |
| It was the Exxon Valdez which ran aground on the Alaskan coast in 1989 spilling 40 million litres of crude oil. |
| Valdez could be a Boeing machinist, Microsoft code writer, garment maker or call-center receptionist. |
| Oil companies had combined to form the Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. inorder to transfer the North Slope oil to tankers docked at Valdez. |
