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common adj. XIII. — OF.
comun (mod.
commun) :- L.
commūnis, OL.
comoinis, cogn. with OE.
ġemǣne, OHG.
gimeini (G.
gemein), Goth.
gamains.
So
commonalty †people of a nation, etc. XIII; general body of the community, common people XIV; †the commons XVI. — OF.
comunaltē (mod.
communauté) — medL.
commūnālitās; see
-AL 1,
-ITY.
commoner †burgess, citizen XIV; member of the House of Commons; student or undergraduate not on the foundation of a college XVII. — medL.
commūnārius.
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Paving the Pan-American gap.(Pan-American highway; Panama's Darien Gap)
Magazine article from: Multinational Monitor; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...PANAMA - If Latin American governments and...trans-American highway will be realized...Argentina, the Pan-American highway...and where the Pan-American resurfaces...stretch of the Pan-American. "There is no area in which a highway has been built...
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Pan American Partners: the Pan American Institute of Highways.
Magazine article from: Public Roads; 3/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; The Pan American Institute of Highways (PIH) is an international...the needs of the highway community of the...leaders of the highway community of the...XVth Pan American Highway Congress (PAHC...American Institute of Highways. PIH is modeled...
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On North-South Artery, a Lost Vision of a United Continent; Pan- American Highway Still Unfinished
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...solidarity," the Pan-American Highway stands unfinished at...for a Pan-American Highway. With infusions of...the Pan-American Highway traverses 8,909 miles...can travel on good highways all the way to Alaska...Completing the Pan-American ...
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Pan American Highway to Costa Rica.
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 11/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; Pan American Highway to Costa Rica On Feb...was to drive the Pan-American Highway and assist in...mountainous road to the Pan-American Highway near the city...night in Antigua. Many Americans study Spanish there...
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Pandora's American highway. (Pan-American Highway)
Magazine article from: World Watch; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; The Pan-American Highway runs unbroken from Alaska to the shore...and tourism, Colombia and other South American countries, as wall as South American...oppose the highway, the Indigenous Pan-American Highway Commission. In December...
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POLITICS-COLOMBIA: PROTESTERS BLOCKADE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/6/1999; ; 629 words
; ...demonstrators, who have been blocking the Pan-American Highway since Nov. 1, joined forces under...today for the protest site on the Pan-American highway, which links...via Ecuador, are stranded on the Pan-American highway, unable to reach...
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High road could pierce the heart of darkness. (completing the Pan-American Highway through Panama)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 12/12/1994; ; 700+ words
; Completing the Pan-American Highway would link North and South America via...more pedestrian task of completing the Pan-American Highway remains bogged down...the border: "When completed, [the Pan-American Highway] will make immeasurably...
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RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: INDIANS JOIN ROADBLOCK OF PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...demonstrators today blocking the Pan-American highway in southern Colombia, demanding...has been blocking traffic on the Pan-American highway running from...million. The roadblock along the Pan-American highway has also affected...
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Plans to close 60-mile gap on Pan American Highway are controversial. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; CLOSING THE GAP?: The Pan American Highway stretches 17,000 miles from Alaska to Tierra del...speak, by opening it with the missing link in the Pan American Highway. ``It is an embarrassment that the American...
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New interstate should boost local economies: 'Pan-American highway' could be finished in as little as 12 years. (Focus Delta & River Cities).
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 5/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the five short years of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and when...continue to increase exponentially. A Pan-American Highway -- it has been talked about for...s going to really be the first Pan-American highway, uniting three...
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Pan-American Highway
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Pan-American Highway Road system linking s USA, Mexico...America. The system includes the Inter-American Highway, which connects Panama and Texas. Work on the Pan-American Highway started in the late...
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Inter-American Highway
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Inter-American Highway c.3,400 mi (5,470 km) long, section of the Pan-American Highway system from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to Panama City, Panama...
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road
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...travel for Native Americans, and their...Hard-surfaced highways were stretched...the Interstate Highway System consists...Trans-Canada Highway, and the Pan-American Highway. An ambitious...a network of highways was signed in...
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Sacramento: Transportation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
...south routes to Sacramento are I-5 (the Pan American Highway) and U.S. 99; the major east-west...south. Other important roads are the Garden Highway, running east and west, and State Highway 99, coming from the southern part of the...
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Lima
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities
...leaders have finally begun to rebuild old Lima, scrubbing its old buildings and reclaiming its streets. 2. Highways The Pan-American Highway crosses through Lima. Buses take about 24 hours to reach both the Ecuadorian and Chilean borders. Bus...
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