Word: rio
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rice is the only white man ever to reach the sources of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, and from his last South American expedition brought back the important ethnological collection now in Peabody Museum. He also succeeded in mapping practically the entire Amazon and the Rio Negro...
...Peru. More than one Porto Rican died in the Cuban "manigua" fighting for the liberties of the sister isle. And it is this very love of liberty, I honestly believe, that has caused friction and misunderstanding between the great republic of the North and the peoples south of the Rio Grande. They believe that the rights of Colombia, Santo Domingo, or Porto Rico, are every bit as sacred as the rights of Argentina, the United States, or Brazil. Internal disorder they may have had, but acts of aggression they have not committed...
...amount calculated to cover living expenses, and their transportation if it does not exceed $150. When the course is completed the men will be detailed to such positions in the foreign branches of the National City Bank as may be available. The branches are situated in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santos, Valparaiso, Havana, Hong Kong, Kobe, Panama, Genoa, Petrograd and London. It must be remembered by prospective candidates that their services are primarily at the disposal of the bank when the course is completed, and no selection of post can be promised...
...present. As to the interference with importations into Holland and Denmark, it is a well-known fact that we were ourselves the first country to establish the doctrine of 'ultimate destination,' by preventing importations into the Mexican port of Matamoros because they were sent from there across the Rio Grande into Texas. Similarly, England, aware, for example, that more lard was imported into Copenhagen in three weeks than into all Denmark in the previous eight years, has sought to prevent such importations whenever there was good ground for believing that their ultimate destination was Germany. The Allied blockade has been...
...although a comparatively young man, he has had a notable career in the diplomatic service of his country. He has written a number of important books on diplomatic affairs in South America. The latest of these is a survey of the history of pan-Americanism entitled, "From Monroe to Rio Branco." I addition, he has made series of investigations of the boundary litigation's in which Brazil has had a part, and which on account of the extent and location on that country, are of unusual importance in the affairs of several of the countries of South America...