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Word: vientos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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...rock canyon of Quebrada del Toro, a 14,000-foot-high waste of salt desert, and along windswept slopes the construction crews fought their way, cutting 23 tunnels through the Andean rock and throwing bridges across 36 chasms. In summer they battled thirst, in winter the dry snow wind (viento bianco) that blows day & night. Sometimes construction was halted for months on end because the Chilean and Argentine Congresses did not vote funds (total cost: $30 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ANDES: Last Spike | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

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