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Latin American Integration Association
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA), organization formed in 1980 by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, taking over the duties of the Latin American Free Trade Association (LAFTA), which had been created in 1960 to... Read more |
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Rio Grande (Brazil river)
Rio Grande name of several rivers of Brazil. The largest rises in S Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil, and flows c.650 mi (1,050 km) NW to the Paranaíba River, with which it forms the Paraná River. Its lower course forms part of São Paulo's northern boundary. The huge Furnas Dam... Read more |
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mestizo
mestizo [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European (Spanish or Portuguese) and indigenous descent. The mestizos constitute a large part of the population in several Latin American countries; they are in various places also... Read more |
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Sir Frank Watson Dyson
Sir Frank Watson Dyson , 1868-1939, English astronomer, b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, grad. Cambridge. He was astronomer royal of Scotland (1905-10) and of England (from 1910). As director (1910-33) of Greenwich Observatory he greatly expanded its research activities and inaugurated (1928) the wireless... Read more |
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Brazil nut
Brazil nut common name for the Lecythidaceae, a family of tropical trees. It includes the anchovy pear ( Grias cauliflora ), a West Indian species with edible fruit used for pickles, and several lumber trees of South America, e.g., the cannon-ball tree ( Couroupita guianensis ), some species of ... Read more |
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Brazil nuts
Brazil nut common name for the Lecythidaceae, a family of tropical trees. It includes the anchovy pear ( Grias cauliflora ), a West Indian species with edible fruit used for pickles, and several lumber trees of South America, e.g., the cannon-ball tree ( Couroupita guianensis ), some species of ... Read more |
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Japura
Japurá , river, c.1,750 mi (2,815 km) long, rising as the Caquetá in the Andes, SW Colombia. It flows SE into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá, and enters the Amazon through a network of channels. It is navigable by small boats in Brazil.... Read more |
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bloodstone
bloodstone or heliotrope, green chalcedony spotted with red, used as a gem stone. It is found in India, the United States, Brazil, and Australia.... Read more |
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Rio Branco
Rio Branco city (1996 pop. 228,907), capital of Acre state, NW Brazil, on the Acre River. Rubber and Brazil nuts are its chief products; there is also some farming. Rio Branco has air connections with the major cities of Brazil, but river travel is still an important means of transportation. Rio... Read more |
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The place to be at 7:28 a.m. July 11, 1991 ... the Big Island. (last solar...
...witness the last solar eclipse to darken any part of the...Kahoolawe and Maui), cross to Mexico, and end in eastern Brazil. In Hawaii, the whole eclipse show will run from about...California and central Mexico will experience more than... |
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Space is going fast in Mexico, Hawaii for July solar eclipse
...summer's total solar eclipse. But reservations are going fast. From Hawaii to Brazil, day will become night...of Baja California in Mexico, or the Big Island of...extend from Hawaii to Brazil, with the time of totality...to about seven (in ... |
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Colombia Eclipses Mexico in Murders Close to Home; Nearly 1 in 5 Colombians...
...it was a decade ago. Mexico's homicide rate (11...Dominican Republic (14%), Brazil (11%), Venezuela...Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia...Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama...percentage points in Brazil to [+ or -]3.9 ... |
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West Sees Partial Eclipse
A partial solar eclipse was visible across...awaiting a total solar eclipse that is to sweep across...Baja California in Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Brazil on July 11, 1991. "You can see a partial eclipse every three or four... |
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1st eclipse in 7 years to fall over Chicago
...noticeably darkens. In Mexico and Hawaii, however...path from Hawaii to Brazil, including Mexico City. "The location...the west coast of Mexico, the sun will disappear...lengthening the eclipse. There will be partial ... |
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Enter 'Twilight' zone by touring 'Eclipse' locations in Vancouver, B.C.
...Vancouver, B.C., where "Eclipse," the third in the...been tracking down "Eclipse" filming locations since...with swooning tales of "Eclipse" star sightings and...Australia, England, Mexico, Brazil and of course Americans... |
 "The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)")
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THE TWILIGHT ZONE; Fans can head north to see 'Eclipse' film locations;...
...Vancouver, B.C., where "Eclipse," the third in the...been tracking down "Eclipse" filming locations since...with swooning tales of "Eclipse" star sightings and...Australia, England, Mexico, Brazil and of course Americans... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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IF IT'S A WISH-LIST, HOW ABOUT A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE US?
...picked to succeed Miguel de la Madrid as president of Mexico, but unless the current administration is able to...Salinas will inherit a mess. Cross your fingers; with Brazil in eclipse, Mexico is the Third World's brightest hope. For William... |
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Telescopic Powerhouse To Track Solar Eclipse; 160-Mile Wide Shadow Races Over...
...s nothing like an eclipse," said Harold Zirin...seen except during an eclipse - is so much hotter...s surface. Solar eclipses happen as the result...can experience a solar eclipse. While the moon's...Hawaii but also parts of Mexico, Central ... |
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Exxon expects natural gas use to eclipse coal in power generation.
...the major developing nations--China, India and Brazil--electricity demand will rise by more than 150...said, citing deepwater basins such as the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Brazil and offshore West Africa. "More recently, it... |
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