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Experience Puerto Rico: a guide-at-a-glance to the Island of Paradise.(Special Advertising Feature)(Advertisement)
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February 1, 2004
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As travelers enter Puerto Rico, the exotic "Island of Paradise" nestled in the Caribbean, they become one with the beauty and energy of their surroundings. On the island, which is just east of the Dominican Republic and to the west of the British Virgin islands, a vast landscape of history, culture, cuisine, entertainment and recreation combine to provide an unforgettable journey.
History
Christopher Colombus landed in Puerto Rico on his second voyage to the New World in 1493. He named the town of Puerto Rico (rich port) and the island San Juan. Later, the ...
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Prehistoric hunting strategies in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: the evidence of the cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) remains froOne-China Principlem Buang Merabak Cave.
Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific
; ABSTRACT The cuscus, Phalanger orientalis, was probably the most...Pleistocene, hunting strategies, Phalanger orientalis, cuscus, New Ireland...particular prey species, the cuscus Phalanger orientalis in New Ireland, Papua...
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LE PARCOURS ZOLIEN DE JEAN ECHENOZ.
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review
; ...s'enfonca dans un bras de marais grouillant d'insectes glauques et agressifs, pendant qu'au-dessus de sa tete les phalangers et les dasyures, emergeant de leur sommeil diurne, commencaient a s'activer dans les branchages." (MG 96-97) Le...
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In a few words
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...RALPH BENNY . Both N. Sutterby and J. Manley have missed the point. The Australian ``opossums'', which are really phalangers, are endangered native species. The Virginia opossum is an undesirable alien, introduced to New Zealand from N. America...
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Cougar
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...exhibiting or selling without a license. ANIMALS REMOVED FROM HOME Two white doves, three prairie dogs, a hedgehog, a phalanger (Australian marsupial), a frilled and a Chinese water dragon, 13 chinchillas, 13 turtles (including two snapping turtles...
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Westland business finds cash in pests
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...possum skins a week will be required to keep his new fur- processing venture going, together with 10 staff. His company, Phalanger Traders, has also confirmed orders for 7000kg of regular possum fur with another 3000kg later in the year. During the weekend...
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A business which is playing possum
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail
; ...free world. Let them get on with it. Closer to home, though, a West Coast company is taking a more heartening approach. Phalanger Traders, named with the generic term for furry long-tailed Australian marsupials, is based in Hokitika and reckons it...
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Bleached possum fur in fashion
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...possum without any luck but it looks like we've done it," he said. Now the only problem facing Mr Gray's company, Phalanger Traders, is getting its hands on enough skins. He has orders for 12 tonnes of fur and for that he needs 180,000 skins...
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