Word: peruvian
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...Peruvian foot-warmers, simulated Ocelot skins, Russian borscht bowls, Garbo hats, pop neckties, Japanese origami kits, Indian temple candles, flicks of the forties posters, papier mach*e roosters, handcrafted jewelry and rings. Saki sets, Yugoslavian enamelware, mugs mobiles, and mukluks...
Earlier in the 1950s, Onassis became intrigued with whaling, ran a 20-ship fleet. When his vessels invaded the territorial whaling waters of Peru, the Peruvian navy confiscated his flagship only to discover that, thanks to a Lloyd's insurance policy, Onassis was not losing a penny. Divining correctly that the whaling industry faced hard times, Onassis sold his fleet to Japan in 1956, at a profit of $8.5 million...
Based on a short novel by Herman Melville, Benito Cereno confronts Yankee sea captain Amassa Delano with a Peruvian slave ship carrying 80 ominous Africans and four strangely behaved Spaniards, all victims of some unknown disaster, who alternately accept and ignore the American's patronizing assistance...
Promise and Backdown. The La Brea y Pariñas basin has long troubled Peruvian pride. IPC, owner of the fields since 1924, has tried to appease various governments by agreeing to several tax increases. It now is the country's No. 1 taxpayer...
...also seemed to be playing with the country's present economic wellbeing. The expropriation threatened to frighten off foreign investors. The U.S. could always cut off economic aid if the Jersey Standard subsidiary does not receive satisfactory compensation. Washington is also in a position to suspend purchases of Peruvian sugar, some $40 million a year...