Word: pomeranians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some three decades ago, descendants of German Pomeranian immigrants, who had farmed in Brazil's mountains for a hundred years, moved toward the coast and settled in the tropical Atlantica forest. Clearing the land for farming, these settlers burned valuable jacaranda and peroba trees. Once a road was built, the region was open for an invasion of wood exporters, armed with chain saws, who cut down the rest of the forest. Any wood not exported was consigned as fuel to Brazil's burgeoning steel industry...
...benefit of Lee's detailed grasp of military drill, maneuvers and planning, the conservative Washington willingly puts up with Lee's eccentricities-among them profanity, a sarcastic style in writing reports, and a pack of dogs (poodles and a Pomeranian) that customarily infests his headquarters...