Word: vespucci
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...immigrants from the Old World conquered the New. As the historian Carl Wittke noted, eight nationalities were represented on Columbus' first voyage to a continent that eventually received its name from a German mapmaker (Martin Walseemuller) working in a French college, who honored an Italian explorer (Amerigo Vespucci) sailing under the flag of Portugal...
...Fairburn is an emotionally needy Radcliffe alumna, a self-described writer whose role seems limited to one line about needing psychiatric assistance. She lives with fellow Radcliffe alum Margaret Gaminsky, a psychology researcher who work with chimpanzees. When they decide to renovate their apartment, the two women hire Mutt Vespucci (Chris Wilder), a crude, unpretentious handy-person, bike messenger and bouncer who delves into a tortuous love-hate relationship with Margaret...