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Word: continente (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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In April of 1977, I was forced by persistent ill-health to return to my native country, Sierra Leone, for "native treatment." This may sound ridiculous to the reader, why I had to leave the United States where I could have received good medical treatment. Not that I found the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Africa: A Continent of Poverty | 11/8/1977 | See Source »

The ills of the continent are apparent in most of the African countries, and my experience of living in a village of about 20 people and three bamboo huts was an aweinspiring one. At Kadingbili, I saw the life of a people that have never been exposed to the western...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Africa: A Continent of Poverty | 11/8/1977 | See Source »

If the primary objective of the colonialists was to bring civilization and religion to Africa, then the wealth and dazzling beauty of Africa was too tempting for their feeble minds. Civilization was brutal and savage; the cross lost track of the guiding light, and the primary motive of their cause...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Africa: A Continent of Poverty | 11/8/1977 | See Source »

For four days, Kreuz walked about Bangor. Then he decided it was time to leave what he assumed were the San Francisco suburbs. He grabbed a cab and asked to be taken into the city-San Francisco, that is. But that, the incredulous cabbie told him, was a continent away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Who Needs a Bridge? | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

All told, 105,000 Dominicans attended the twelve "Festival" rallies and 4,000 of them made the commitments to Christ. The first Latin-born Protestant revivalist ever to win wide renown in the region, Palau has preached to the masses in stadiums and bullrings in 17 nations. The middle and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Palau Power in Latin America | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

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