Word: costa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week, Costa Ricans once again could boast that their country's schoolmasters outnumber their soldiers. This happy state of affairs had been accomplished by the simple method of abolishing the army...
...house on the capital's north side one day last week, he struck out as usual past the corner grocery and crossed the Parque Morazán toward the palace. In the park, a fat waiter passed him. "Buenos dias, Don Otilio," said the waiter. The President of Costa Rica tipped...
...Fixit. For whatever good it might do, Adhemar was careful to drop in on War Minister Canrobert Pereira da Costa and Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, both presidential possibilities themselves. One rumor had him offering the foreign ministry to Elder Statesman Oswaldo Aranha. Said Aranha: "Pooh-pooh...