Word: spain
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...already off traveling the world. Built for yachting's Volvo Ocean Race (Puma entered its boat, Il Mostro, and its racing team), which spans cities around the world over nine months, the building opened to the public in September during the first leg of the race, in Alicante, Spain; its next stop is Boston Harbor in April 2009. Designed by the architecture firm LOT-EK, the structure consists of 24 steel shipping containers, each weighing 11 tons, that stack on top of one another, creating a building that includes terraces, a Puma retail space and a lounge area. When Puma...
Among the crowd-pleasers, this year, was Spain's David Fandila, known simply as "El Fandi," who mixes technical prowess with athletic ability. His moves get people on their feet and almost always end with him receiving a severed ear or two at the end of each match. The multi-talented Fandi arrived for this year's bullfighting season fresh off completing the New York marathon...
...Spain's negotiator in Marrakech, fisheries official Fernando Curcio, said on Tuesday that "it was important to us to protect the interests of our small fishing fleets." Yet Europe's fisheries official Amilhat says that, inevitably, many fishermen will lose their jobs as fleets shrink in response to reduced catch quotas. And if the environmentalists' boycott campaign further cuts bluefin consumption, the species may yet have a fighting chance...
...often neglect them as if they were not humans, and imply instead that the Europeans were the first to walk and talk in America? Just because the Indians did not write with Latin letters does not mean they should be omitted from the record. Douglas Eivind Hall, FUENGIROLA, SPAIN...
...people of Santa Coloma may even be setting a trend. With 8,000 cities in Spain, each with its own cemetery, the potential energy generated could reach 800,000 kilowatts and according to councilwoman Bellete, the city is already getting inquiries from other municipalities, including neighboring Barcelona. "People always say that the global begins with the local, and this has helped us see ourselves as setting a precedent for doing that," says Bellete. "In a city like this one, which is working-class, has a high immigrant population, and plenty of problems, it's nice to be a reference...