Word: amazonian
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...year ago, I was working in Peru with a nonprofit in an attempt to rein in the country’s frenzy of illegal logging. Much of the work was productive and engaging; we motored down obscure Amazonian tributaries, held press conferences with indigenous leaders, and plead for support from American diplomats-cum-drug warriors...
...after being shot in the face by gunmen just days after she met with Brazil's Human Rights Secretary to report death threats against local farmers; near Anapu, Brazil. President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva responded to the outcry over her death last week by creating two vast Amazonian forest preserves and sending the first of 2,000 troops to the region...
...clues after clues after clues. Gates and his side-kick Riley meet hot, smart blonde Abigail, steal the Declaration of Independence (it’s a treasure map, duh), elude nasty baddies, and get lots of treasure and fame. Jon Voight joins the fray as elder Gates, sans large Amazonian reptiles...
...culmination of two decades of travel throughout Colombia. Each of the five sections of the exhibit displays both a geographical region of Colombia and a different photographic approach, beginning with the Pacific region and the “studio medium shot” and ending with the Amazonian region and the “candid close-up.” This careful, if not obvious, organization highlights the diversity of Munera’s methods and subjects...
...contest for macho supremacy, I knew I could not hold par with this Amazonian motorcycle high priestess. For God’s sake, Stith was donning a real motorcycle jacket, whose tough black leather had been worn rugged by a thousand rides, whereas the clubby leather jacket I was sporting had barely a crease to show for its one-time trek halfway across the world from some Sri Lankan factory to my dorm room closet...