Word: virginal
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...born in Torreòn, Mexico, and his family moved to St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the 1940s...
...archbishop, Law—who had moved from Mexico to Colombia to the Virgin Islands during his childhood—took stances on many international policy issues, calling for debt relief for third world countries and an end to the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba...
...couples opt for locations that not only are congenial to a ceremony but also offer opportunities to golf, fish, indulge in a spa treatment or explore another culture. Avid scuba divers Stephanie Dowling, 29, and Chad Eschmeyer, 28, of Scottsdale, Ariz., plan for their May 2004 wedding in the Virgin Islands to include a day of snorkeling and diving. They originally anticipated 15 guests. Now 50 guests, many of them fellow divers, are scheduled to stay in a resort the couple selected over the Internet for a week of activities, including celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican festival...
...Kawa Karpo (sometimes referred to as Virgin Peak) is the formidable summit of Meili Mountain. At a towering 6,470 meters it is the highest point in Yunnan and has never been conquered. For thousands of years Kawa Karpo has been sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, and it is the site of a major annual pilgrimage. Locals are fond of recounting the cautionary tale of one of many ill-fated mountaineering expeditions: a team perished on the ascent, Tibetans believe, because it was blasphemous enough to tread on holy ground...
When he is not globetrotting in search of investment opportunities, colleagues say Epstein spends his days managing the fortunes of his billionaire clients from his private island, Little St. James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but his life was not always so charmed...