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Word: portes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fight between Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito and the Cominform had settled the Trieste issue: Tito will not get the Italian port, now under international control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Tito & the Executioner | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...port of Rotterdam is an index of what has happened to the Dutch economy. Before the war, the port hauled 39 million tons of sea traffic; last year it handled only 12 million. Barge traffic on the Rhine used to be 53 million tons a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: The Woman Who Wanted a Smile | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...Chiquitos for a meeting with Bolivia's President Enrique Hertzog. The occasion: the opening of a Brazilian-built railroad connecting San José with Corumbá, Brazil-part of a system that will eventually stretch 2,500 miles across the continent from Santos to the Chilean port of Arica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: The Open Road | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

Profits & Losses. On top of these added costs, traders disgusted with shipping delays began switching from the Caribbean port of Barranquilla, at the Magdalena's mouth, to the Pacific port of Buenaventura, which is linked to Bogotá by train and truck. Result: Naviera Colombiana's operations, which once yielded a profit averaging a million and more pesos a year, showed a loss of 212,000 pesos ($123,000) in the first half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Hardening Artery | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...willing to navigate his 27-year-old showboat Majestic for the professor during the summer. Professor Wright signed on 22 Kent State and Hiram College students as actors and crew. Then he set sail for a twelve-week cruise up & down the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. Each morning in port, the students pick the night's hero, choose the villain, and who shall sell tickets and popcorn. Then they parade down the town's main street, drumming up trade for the evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Source Material | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

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