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Word: continente (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The newest tropical disease is writing about Africa. The most recently infected is Rehna ("Tiny") Cloete (rhymes with booty), who caught the bug on a three-week safari after she and her author-husband Stuart Cloete had completed a ten-month cross-continent trek researching his recent book, The African...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Safari Debunked | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

Seven years ago, under the urgency of fear, and with the leadership of the U.S., twelve nations of Europe and America made solemn compact, one with another, that an attack upon any one of them was an attack upon all. Under the urgency of fear they pledged to unite their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: The Shield | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

Under the gradually slackening reins of colonial dominion, Nigeria has achieved a high degree of national prosperity. In 1954 its favorable trade balance of exports (cocoa, palm oil, peanuts) over imports reached a record $100 million. Even among the slums and squalor of beggar-strewn Lagos there are startling evidences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: Ready for the Queen | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

Londoners, who have long since succumbed to U.S. jazz, slang, movies and musical comedies, gave a less hospitable reception last week to modern U.S. art. On view at London's Tate Gallery were 209 paintings, sculptures and prints selected by Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Impermanent Invasion | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

Despite the perils of a journey through the slushy environs of the Park Street MTA station, this escape to the Dark Continent is fully worth your while. For my money, The African Lion is the best value in town.

Author: By John A. Popn, | Title: The African Lion | 1/18/1956 | See Source »

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