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...rganizations 282 D. Mathematical Conversions 290 Maps I. The World (Guide to Regional Maps) II. North America III. Central America and the Caribbean I... .... Soviet Union, East and South Asia IX. Southeast Asia X. Oceania XI. Arctic Region XII. Antarctic Region XIII. Standard Time Zones of the World Note... ...Y) unless indicated as fiscal year (FY) or otherwise. Afghanistan 300km Set regional map VIII Geography Total area: 647,500 km 2 ; land area: 647,500... ...growth rate 2.5% (1975-79); current growth rate figures not available (1986) Natural resources: natural gas, oil, coal, copper, talc, barites, sulphur... ... capita (1986) Exports: $778 million (f.o.b., 1985); mostly fruits and nuts, natural gas, and carpets Imports: $902 million (c.i.f., 1985); mostly foo... ...fly Amu Darya, which handles steamers up to about 500 metric tons Pipelines: natural gas, 180 km Ports: 3 minor river ports (Shir Khan is largest) Civ... ...INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC International Wheat Council, LAIA and Andean Sub- Regional Group (created in May 1969 within LAIA, formerly LAF... ..., IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ISO, ITU, LAIA and Andean Sub- Regional Group, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPEB, UPU, ... ...PSRE, pro-Cuba), 100 members plus an estimated 5,000 sympathizers Member of: Andean Pact, ECOSOC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDE Int...
...ClasBic Art." 'I'ho lecture was jjiven under the auspices of the Lyceum of Natural History and was ar- ranged for by Dr. Howard. There were about fift... ...ture by clever, unpretentious witticisms, which showed in part that even a region of hardship like Labrador, is by no means Vje- reft of the bright si... ... practice owing to tlie freriuont accidents in ice-jams and the many other natural causes for in- jury in a life on the sea. His mission meetings he l... ...alatable than when served up with recitation room garnish- ment. It is but natural that there should be sharply defined depart- ment preferences in th... ... will visit the Cana- usual display of talent by West- dian border and the region about brook '09. The Reverend James Plattsburg. N. Y., going thence ... ...". The stories ore brief, with scenes laid in diverse and widely scattered regions, and are by no means lacking in verve and "go'', ''William Mulligan... ...ct that they have no legal residence in any other town than Williams town, andean fulfil all the other legal qualification of voters, they cannot obta...
...ell and Joseph Hergesheimer THIS IS AMERICA—a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our... ...sank back into coma. They gave up trying to be festive; they began to talk naturally, as they did at their shops and homes. The men and women divided,... ...kes these people seem so beastly and treacherous, when I’ve been perfectly natural with them. But let’s have it all. What did they say about my Chines... ... any ob- jection at the time but— After all, I make my money here and they naturally expect me to spend it here.” “If Mr. Dashaway will kindly tell me... ...cited Kipling and imitated children. A lecturer with motion-pictures of an Andean explora- tion; excellent pictures and a halting narrative. Three bra...
...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or ...
...utiful Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor aforesaid, an engirdled and secluded region, for the most part untrodden as yet by tourist or landscape painter,... ...ubs such celebrations were, though expiring, less uncommon; but either the natural shyness of the softer sex, or a sarcastic attitude on the part of m... ...ict moderation. Of this work of imagination poor Tess and her parents were naturally in igno rance — much to their discomfiture; indeed, the very poss... ...ce the accident with her father’s horse Tess Durbeyfield, courageous as she naturally was, had been exceedingly timid on wheels; the least irregularity... ...he distance between her own modest mental standpoint and the unmeasurable, Andean altitude of his, she became quite de jected, disheartened from all ... ...it was nearer to the home of her husband’s father; and to hover about that region unrecognized, with the notion that she might decide to call at the V... ...yes which had witnessed scenes of cataclysmal horror in inaccessible polar regions of a magni tude such as no human being had ever conceived, in curd...