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America
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America, American The injustice of naming two continents after Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512) can no longer be rectified. And we cannot justify excluding Canada, the second-largest country in area in the world, from the appellation America. By the same token,
America, the gem of the ocean is equally faulty. It should have been Columbia.
Controversy concerning the naming of America may never be resolved because who did what and when is not subject to hi...
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South America
Al Bawaba
; South America is the fourth largest continent in the world after Asia, Africa and North America. The continents of North and South America are named after the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. Running the full length of South America are the Andes Mountains. They are the home to the South
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Did you know?(news)(Amerigo Vespucci)(Brief article)
Junior Scholastic
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] America is named after Amerigo Vespucci. The Italian explorer reached Central and South America in 1501-1502. He was the first person to suggest that it was a New World --not part of Asia, as Columbus believed. The first map to depict America was created in 1507. It resides
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David JACQUEZ Bush administration has failed in South America
Oakland Tribune
; Alittle more than 50 years ago, the question was, who lost China? Maybe it's time we started asking, who lost South America? I don't think it's a good idea for people in the United States to ignore the obvious. South America has pulled out of the U.S.'s orbit and is becoming disengaged from U.S.
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Big rewards, overblown risks in South America; stability returns; so does money.(Cover Story)
Chemical Week
; During the past decade, south America has battled systemic corruption, criminal mayhem, ham-handed economic policies, and political upheaval. Now the continent faces its greatest battle--the perception that these other battles have been lost. The reality is far different. Inflation is in check,
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South America: how well do you know your neighbor?
Junior Scholastic
; How much do you know about the world's fourth-largest continent? Rich in natural resources, this vast landmass is home to about 373 million people. Its present-day politics, economy, and culture are rooted in its colonial past. Long before Christopher Columbus and other European explorers reached
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CLINTON'S WOOING ISN'T WOWING SOUTH AMERICA.(EDITORIAL)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; People on the southern continent feel historically slighted and unappreciated - with good reason. South America is off the radar screen of most North Americans. Until this week President Clinton, who took office in 1992, had not set foot on its soil, though a visit scheduled for last spring was
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The Africa-South America Intercontinental Teleconnection
Journal of Climate
; ABSTRACT The influence of heating over Africa on the South American precipitation climatology, and the influence of South America on Africa, is examined through the application of GCM simulations with idealized boundary conditions and perpetual solstice (January and July) conditions. The presence
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SOUTH AMERICA SHINES IN NASA'S LATEST SPACE RADAR MAP RELEASE
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; Straddling the equator and engaged in a titanic clash of great tectonic plates, South America is home to some of the world's most scenic landscapes. Yet this same proximity to the equator, with its frequent tropical cloud cover, has also made it difficult to obtain traditional satellite imagery of
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U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH SOUTH AMERICA:MICHAEL SHIFTER
Congressional Testimony
; Congressional Testimony 06-19-2007 Statement of Michael Shifter Vice President, Policy Inter-American Dialogue Committee on House Foreign Affairs June 19, 2007 The US relationship with South America is urgently in need of repair. The strain and mistrust between Washington and most South American
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Breaking the barriers in information technology.(chemical company information technology networks in South America)(Cover Story)
Chemical Week
; The communications infrastructure in South America has long been a limiting factor, if not a barrier, to doing business there. Significant gains have been made throughout the region, however, as international companies push hard to link their operations to newly designed global information
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