Word: continente
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The vision carries an unmistakably romantic hue; it conjures up an image of a time when there were only men and the frontier, when people's ambitions awaited realization on a new and untainted continent. It recalls that long period of history--some say it has yet to end--when...
As a key part of this effort, the White House views the trip as a major opportunity for the President, whose most important political asset is his infectious personal charm, to dispel a still prevalent impression in Europe that the leadership of the Western alliance is in the uncertain hands...
For the European members of the alliance, a return to the dual NATO objectives of detente and security implies the strengthening of their own conventional defense. Over the years we have become too accustomed to the picture of overwhelming Soviet conventional forces that have to be met by the U.S...
Dr. David Livingstone did not go to Africa in 1841 to explore the Dark Continent but to save souls in darkness. The conversion of native tribes was his task, specifically the Bakwena. Their chief, Sechele, became Livingstone's one and only convert, a pivotal event and, to Livingstone'...
It was Richard Reeves' brave notion to accomplish a rough duplicate of Tocqueville's tour, seeking out the same sorts of Americans-the mayor of New York City, the president of Harvard, businessmen and editors in quantity, and an embittered ex-President (John Quincy Adams for Tocqueville. Nixon...