...aware of all the goings-on, reported noting almost until the King's abdication. The European and American press, in contrast, provided extensive cov... ...0 years later). Arab geographers propagated the story of Atlantis and medieval European authors referred to it as fact. Current oceanographe... ...n. He did "discover" America, the continent - or, at least, is the first documented European to have done so. His first and second voyages ended in ... ...e Caribbean) - but on two subsequent trips he visited today's Venezuela, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. He is buried - maybe - in the Dominican ... ...errorism is not a new phenomenon in the United States. On March 1, 1954, Puerto Rican freedom fighters - or terrorists - led by Lolita Lebron, o...

...stmas Island 52 Colombia 53 Comoros 54 iii Page (.'nnvjn 55 Cook Islands 57 Costa Rica 58 Cuba 59 Cyprus 61 Czechoslovakia 62 D Denmark 64 Djibouti 0... ...lgerian Algeria (continued) Ethnic divisions: 99% Arab-Berber, less than 1% European Religion: 99% Sunni Muslim (state reli- gion); 1% Christian and ... ...n Ethnic divisions: 37% Ovimbundu, 25% Kimbundu, 13% Bakongo, 2% Mestico, 1% European Religion: 68% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, about 12% indigeno... ...rict (Federal Capital), and 1 territory Legal system: mixture of US and West European legal systems; constitution adopted 1853 is in effect; has not a... ...raft a new constitution; 11-man Supreme Court Government leader: Jose SARNEY Costa, President (since April 1985) Suffrage: compulsory over age 18 Elec... ... stations; 10,000 radio receivers; 2,052 telephones; 1 satellite station 57 Costa Rica lOOkm North Pacific Ocean Isla del Coco is not shown. See regi... ...11,652 (July 1987), average annual growth rate 2.78% Nationality: noun Costa Rican(s); adjec- tive Costa Rican Ethnic divisions: 96% white (including ... ...: 7,500 members and sympa- thizers Other political or pressure groups: Costa Rican Confederation of Democratic Work- ers (CCTD; Liberation Party affil...

... rate at which he did intellectual execu- tion on the general spectacle of European life, Rowland at moments felt vaguely uneasy for the future; the b... ... he made him believe in the metempsychosis, and that he must have lived in European society, in the last century, as a gentle- man in a cocked hat and... ...ung himself into an armchair and chattered for an hour. The friends of the Costa Rican envoy were as amusing as himself, and in very much the same lin... ...mself into an armchair and chattered for an hour. The friends of the Costa Rican envoy were as amusing as himself, and in very much the same line. The... ... other evening at a large party, where some of the proudest members of the European aristoc- racy were present—duchesses, princesses, countesses, and ...