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Word: carabassa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Diego Carabassa, 35, whose family once owned 1,500,000 acres, now runs two ranches totaling 7,200 acres near Buenos Aires. At 22, he quit a dry economics course at the University of Buenos Aires and began plowing through the latest U.S. studies in genetics, animal husbandry and soil conservation. Over the past nine years, Carabassa has won 21 championships at Argentina's famed Palermo Show. "These are competitive times," he says. "It is not enough to sit back in Buenos Aires and open checks. They don't come unless you go out and earn them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina: New Breed on the Pampas | 8/21/1964 | See Source »

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