Word: costas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Costa Rican officials considered occupying Cocos Island, which lies about 550 miles southwest of Panama and which no nation claims, to prevent its use as a belligerent submarine base...
...Eight Latin American countries declared war in 1917 and 1918: Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. But practically speaking none of them took part except economically...
From the Morgan treasures, energetic Librarian Bell da Costa Greene put on show eye-catching examples in all the fields in which the Library is preeminent. Oij view was a Gutenberg Bible, one of the first printed with movable type (see p. 30). There were some 60 illuminated books and manuscripts, opulent and glowing psalters, gospels, books of hours. There were a series of Rembrandt etchings, some prints showing the development of the mezzotint, many a print and drawing by the great masters. There were letters and manuscripts galore-Milton, Cromwell, Swift, Dickens, Kipling...
...League of Nations last week arrived in a unique situation. In quick succession Hungary and Albania resigned. The two countries acted not because of their own desires, but to suit the Axis powers. Last week Peru also resigned following the lead in recent years of Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, Venezuela...
...report something of what happened. On the first ballot, Cardinal Pacelli received 35 votes, the scattered remainder representing three types of candidacies: a diplomat (Cardinal Maglione), a purely elected spiritual since leader the office (Florence's took its Cardinal present dalla spiritual leader (Florence's Cardinal dalla Costa), a non-Italian (Quebec's Cardinal Villeneuve). On the second ballot, Cardinal Pacelli received 40 votes, only two short of the required two-thirds majority...