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Word: belterra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Usage:

President Vargas certainly ought to have known that. In his 10,000 miles, which had carried him up the Amazon basin from Belem to Manaus and beyond, he had rubber-necked at a few of an estimated 300,000,000 untapped wild rubber trees, visited Fordlandia and Belterra, where Henry Ford has a $20,000,000 investment in some 2,500,000 acres. On his return the President had some pretty fancy plans to announce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Rubber Rebound? | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

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