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Recent Work in Cuban Studies
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Agriculture and Fishing
Books and Monographs
Pérez-López, Jorge R, and José Alvarez. Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2005.323 pp.
Articles and Papers
Alvarez, José. "Cuba's New Sugarcane Cooperatives Ten Years Later." Post-Communist Economies 17, no. 1 (March 2005): 125-36.
Avila, José, Luis Manuel González, and Tania Obiol. "Evaluación de variedades de arroz en la zona oriental de Cuba." AgronomÃa mesoamerican...
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Rhythm nation.(Cuba: A New History; Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution; Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo)(Book Review)
The Nation
; CUBA: A New History. By Richard Gott. Yale. 384 pp. $35. LAST DANCE IN HAVANA: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution. By Eugene Robinson. Free Press. 272 pp. $25. CUBA AND ITS MUSIC: From the First Drums to the mambo. By Ned Sublette. Chicago Review. 672 pp. $36. Since
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PP growth set to continue: but short-term overcapacity must be tackled. (polypropylene) (Plastics '92)
Chemical Week
; What distinguishes polypropylene (PP) from the other major thermoplastics is growth. PP is the youngest bulk polymer, having been developed by Montedison (Milan) in the 1950s, and has proved to be the most versatile, with applications varying from packaging films to carpet fibers, from water pipes
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Spain's Popular Party wins. (Jose Maria Aznar propels the PP from right-wing to center)
Europe
; As expected, Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP) won historical general elections on March 3, putting an end to 13 years of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez' Socialist government, but failed to garner enough parliamentary seats for an absolute majority. The results will almost certainly mean the
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Polypropylene (PP) still insufficient in near future
China Chemical Reporter
; With the rapid rising of petrochemical industry the polypropylene (PP) in China is developing at a fast speed. China now has about 40 PP producers and most of them are large enterprises. In 1992 the output of PP reached 720 000 tons, a peak record in history, and 4.2 times over that of 1986. The
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Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa. 1959-1976.(Book Review)
Canadian Journal of History
; ... Gleijeses expresses his opinions clearly, backs them up with substantial documentation (including some superb photographs, detailed maps to illustrate key military battles, and amusing cartoons), and also includes the occasional amusing anecdote to whet the appetite ...
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Dramatically new PP alloys, copolymers. (polypropylene)
Plastics Technology
; Dramatically New PP Alloys, Copolymers When Himont R&D research scientist Gordon Brewer gave a technical paper at NPE on Himont's new Hivalloy polymer grafting technology, he couldn't even use the name Hivalloy. It was one of the quieter introductions of a major new alloying technology, made
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PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) issues bonds valued at Rp 250 billion.(Finance And Banking)
Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
; A state-owned housing construction company PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) has issued bond called Obligasi II PP, 2004 valued at Rp 250 billion. The bond will be for three years carrying a fixed interest coupon The bond will be listed on the Surabaya Stock Exchange on Sept. 8. Offering started on
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US DEMAND FOR PP TO REACH MORE THAN 7.71 BILLION KG IN 2004.
High Performance Plastics
; PP demand in the USA is forecast to expand more than 6% annually to reach more than 7.71 billion kg (17 billion pounds), valued at $7.8 billion, in 2004, according to the latest market report: Polypropylene, published by The Freedonia Group Inc. This solid growth will be due to a number of factors,
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PP engineering compounds will grow from BASF takeover
High Performance Plastics
; BASF is likely to give top priority to boosting technical polypropylene (PP) compounds, after completing the takeover of propathene (PP polymer) and Procom (PP compounds) plants and businesses at Wilton, UK, and Rozenburg, The Netherlands. With these two additional PP sources, each with a capacity
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Dow confirms PP entry through Montell link.(Dow Chemical, polypropylene, Montell Polyolefins)
Chemical Week
; Dow Chemical has given details of its plans to build a $1-billion/year polypropylene (PP) business through a linkup with Montell Polyolefins (CW, May 29, p. 7). The companies have agreed to a deal under which Dow will license Montell's Spheripol PP process and apply metallocene technology in new
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