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WESTERN SAMOA
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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WESTERN SAMOA (Now called Samoa). A country of Oceania, a monarchy, and member of the COMMONWEALTH. Languages: Samoan, English (both official). A German colony from late 19c, Western Samoa was a League of Nations mandate in 1920, and later a United Nations trust territory administered by New Zealand, gaining its independence in 1962.
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Western Samoa.(Country Profile)
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 10/1/1995; 700+ words
; ...Description: The island country of Western Samoa has a stable parliamentary democracy...of up to 30 days. The Western Samoa Mission to the UN can be contacted...Location: The U.S. Embassy in Western Samoa is located in the John Williams...
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Rugby feels the heat in Western Samoa
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 4/14/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...High School, on the south shore of Western Samoa. There are 22 junior highs (with...form), and 150 primary schools in Samoa. Apelu, a development officer for...lesson sheet is actually lost. In Samoa the government provides the buildings...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Western Samoa's touchdown. (Rugby cup)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/12/1991; 700+ words
; ...better ones made the headlines this week when Western Samoa beat Wales at rugby. The Welsh traditionally...the Samoans are ... Well, just where is Samoa? Hand me the atlas, Taffy. Western Samoa was run first by Germany and then by New Zealand...
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Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa.
Magazine article from: The Contemporary Pacific; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa, by Stephanie Lawson. Cambridge...as is now customary, Western Samoa's parliamentary elections suggested...authority" (75). The chapter on Western Samoa is, inevitably, less dramatic...
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Hurricane hazard in Western Samoa.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Review; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...during the aftermath of a hurricane in Western Samoa. Rural Western Samoans have become...Hurricane Ofa passed over Western Samoa and caused extensive damage on the...severe tropical storms to hit Western Samoa since the recording of such events...
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Back to nature in Western Samoa
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 9/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Kiwis have been slow to discover Western Samoa as a holiday destination, but as...found, it's their loss WESTERN SAMOA as a holiday destination? For many...the 67,000 who visited Western Samoa last year, just 5000 came from New...
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Chinese Embassy in Western Samoa Celebrates HK's Return
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/3/1997; 273 words
; The Chinese Embassy in Western Samoa held a reception on July 1 to celebrate the return...report reaching here from Apia, capital of Western Samoa. More than 100 guests, including Western Samoa's Deputy Head of State Vaai Kolone, Prime Minister...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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COLORADO KIDS MAY BE HELD IN WESTERN SAMOA.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Embassy is trying to free from a Western Samoan compound for troubled...were on a list smuggled out of Samoa by a former resident of the...Another of his ventures in Samoa ended when U.S. diplomatic...the Pacific Coast Academy in Samoa said the young people were lying...
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WESTERN SAMOA ACCEPTS ARTICLE VIII OBLIGATIONS
PR Newswire; 10/19/1994; 606 words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- The government of Western Samoa has notified the International Monetary...obligations of Article VIII, Western Samoa gives confidence to the international...system free of restrictions. Western Samoa joined the IMF on Dec. 28, 1971...
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Tradition Versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa. By Stephanie Lawson. (New York...elective legislature) of Western Samoa were invented as it gained independence...discussions of Tonga and Western Samoa might have benefitted from more analysis...
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Western Samoa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
WESTERN SAMOA [Western Samoa] officially Independent State of Western Samoa, constitutional...Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been prime minister since 1998. Western Samoa is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and of the United Nations...
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WESTERN SAMOA
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
WESTERN SAMOA (Now called Samoa ). A country of Oceania, a monarchy, and member of the COMMONWEALTH...English (both official). A German colony from late 19c, Western Samoa was a League of Nations mandate in 1920, and later a United Nations...
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Samoa
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
SAMOA Independent State of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) Major City: Apia INTRODUCTION Polynesians migrated from Southeast Asia to the Samoa Islands more than 2,000 years ago. Polynesian historical accounts go back to AD1250. The Samoa Islands...
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Samoa, American
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...and consisting of seven islands, American Samoa makes up the eastern portion of the Samoan archipelago; the western portion, known as Western Samoa or the Republic of Samoa, is an independent nation. The first Polynesian...
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American Samoa
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
...English Literacy rate: 97% American Samoa has been occupied by the United States...two coral atolls, which lie near Western Samoa in the Pacific Ocean, are managed...Representatives. The population of American Samoa is estimated to be 607,000. The...
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