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...Bryant. Anai provided him with new kinds of crops, including vanilla plants and a different variety of cacao tree, which is less likely to die from fungus. Over the past five years, Anai has brought dozens of new varieties of cash crops to more than 20 communities in the Talamanca region, set up plant nurseries serving 1,500 people, and helped establish a 10,000-hectare wildlife refuge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: The Good News: Costa Rica Guards Its Forests | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...Hoover, a seasoned christener, had a new experience last week at busy Newport News, Va. when she sponsored twin ships within an hour. The ships, S. S. Talamanca and S. S. Segovia, were baptized with water from the southern seas they will sail. United Fruit Co., the owners, will build four more fine fruit boats, operate all six under the U. S. flag, be paid for carrying the U. S. mails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Sale or Salvage? | 8/24/1931 | See Source »

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