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	Peru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú) is organized in five naval zones headquartered in Piura, Lima, Arequipa, Iquitos and Pucallpa.
		Peruvian architecture is a conjunction of European styles exposed to the influence of indigenous imagery.
		Peruvian sculpture and painting began to define themselves from the ateliers founded by monks, who were strongly influenced by the Sevillian Baroque School.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peru (6335 words)

	Peru Information Center - map of peru
		Ica and Nazca regions are most famous for their afro communities, yet in the Morropon Province of Piura, the town of Yapatera is the region where we find the highest percentage famous people from peru of pure afro Peruvians.
		The southern Andean region is famous for the Huayno and Cusco for its Muliza.
		Peruvians are so proud of their cuisine they would not hesitate on calling theirs as the best in Latin America.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_P_-_S/Peru.html (2153 words)

	Peru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The southern Andean region is famous for the Huayno.
		Among Peruvians of the coast, it is considered as traditional and representative as the Tango is to Argentina.
		Peruvian cuisine is a blend of Amerindian and Spanish roots, but has also been been influenced by other groups, including Africans, Italians, Chinese and Japanese, all of whom have added their own ingredients and traditions to the mix.
	www.dictionpedia.com /en/Peru (4326 words)

	WNYC - Reading Room: Paul Gauguin: An Erotic Life
		As important as Gauguin's Peruvian bloodline was, his later romantic claim to be descended from the Incas cannot be substantiated.
		Some prominent Peruvians did indeed have Inca ancestry, because the Inca nobility occasionally married Spanish colonists in the early days after the conquest; but these members of Peruvian society were known to be of mixed blood and were not related to Gauguin.
		Enough of Guillaume Ganguin's estate was left to Isidore that he would never have to work again, and the property on Quai Neuf and the remainder of the assets were left to Clovis's children under the guardianship of their mother and uncle until they came of age.
	www.wnyc.org /books/3016 (3954 words)

	HOROSCOPESCHAT
		The spade and chisel employed in olden times by the Peruvians are much the same as the people use now, but some of their tools were clumsy.
		The spinning, weaving, and dyeing of the Peruvians were unequalled in aboriginal America, their cloths and tapestries being both graceful in design and strong in texture.
		He appears to have had a passion for order, and to him we may be justified in tracing the rigorous and almost grandmotherly system under which the Peruvians were living at the time of the arrival of their Spanish conquerors.
	groups.msn.com /HOROSCOPESCHAT/mythology.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=14679 (3094 words)

	Peru - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Francisco Pizarro landed on the Peruvian coast in 1532, and by the end of the 1530s Peru became a Viceroyalty and a major source of gold and silver for the Spanish Empire.
		The second and third largest parties are in opposition; respectively Partido Aprista Peruano (short: PAP, 28 seats), which is led by Alan García Pérez, and Unidad Nacional (short: UN, 17 seats), which is led by Lourdes Flores Nano.
		Thanks to strong foreign investment and the cooperation between the Fujimori government the IMF and the World Bank, growth was strong in 1994–97 and inflation was brought under control.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Peru (1110 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christian Calendar
		A calendar in its ecclesiastical sense is simply a list of the feasts kept in any particular church, diocese, or country, arranged in order under their proper dates.
		Of early lists of feasts, the most famous and the most important is the information which it preserves, the so called "Philocalian Calendar", hardly deserves to be called by this name.
		Again in 1884 the list was still further extended, and in 1887 the beatification of the English martyrs became the occasion for approving several other new offices and masses.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03158a.htm (9034 words)

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		(The author is indebted to many people, a partial list of whom appears at the end of this study.) The core of the assessments of three countries - Chile, India, and South Korea - have been supplied by well qualified individuals who are knowledgeable about the intellectual property regimes in those countries.
		This was improved several years ago, partly through court decisions and partly through regulations issued by the INPI, which interpreted the "famous marks" provisions of the Paris Convention to require notoriety among a smaller population in Brazil.
		Famous marks are well cared for in the law and in practice.
	www.kreative.net /ipbenefits/download/book2.txt (18487 words)

	Thousands of AZTEC, INCAN, AMAZONIAN & MAYAN & OTHER CENTRAL & LATIN AMERICAN NAMES for your dog, horse, ...
		A great list of famous and notable Mexicans, including persons who are known to a large number of people and not based on the extent of their popularity.
		Long list which includes the meaning of the names, where they are found in the Basque Country, and coats of arms that are on record.
		List of names from this area which was part of the kingdom of Léon which came under Castilian control after the union of 1230.
	www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/natamnames2.htm (1152 words)

	Peru - TCP Poetry Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spanish is used by all coastal Peruvians, the government, the media, and in education and formal commerce; although there is an increasing and organized effort to teach Quechua in public schools.
		Commonly known Peruvian Valse tunes are: Alma Corazon y Vida, Odiame, Mi Propiedad Privada, El Plebeyo, La Flor de La Canela and Devuelveme El Rosario de Mi Madre, some of which are sang by Caribbean artists in the Bolero or Salsa version.
		Lima is famous for the Señor de los Milagros Procession and Bullfighting, which takes place in Plaza de Acho (the oldest bullfighting venue of the Americas).
	www.criticalpoet.com /mediawiki/index.php/Peru (2296 words)

	Chasing Eden - Peru - 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Just as everything was famous in the jungle, so too were we her great friends, and she often reminded us of it.
		The flowers she points out are famous, as is the high pass we will make in the afternoon.
		I thought to tell her that perhaps only Machu Picchu itself is famous and that everything else on the trek is largely unknown....but decided against it because it was so funny to think of everything as being famous.
	www.chasingeden.com /travel/peru (8655 words)

	Nature Treks & Passages - Trip List - Other Trips
		Ask Peruvians about their country and they will proudly tell you that theirs is South America's most environmentally diverse and historically rich nation.
		Activities will include hiking the most famous portion of the Inca Trail (about seven miles), ascending the mountain peaks overlooking the Machu Picchu ruins, and birdwatching (and botanizing) in the surrounding cloud rainforest.
		The Peruvian Andes, the primary source of the Amazon River, have largely -- and fortunately -- protected the Amazonian forest in Peru and eastern Ecuador.
	www.naturetreks.net /other_trips.htm (3658 words)

	Behind Peruvian bars, but still unbowed (Washington Post - 4 November 2000)
		So when a Peruvian colonel suggested to its most famous inmate, Lori Berenson, that she show a visitor the beautiful Christmas cards she has been making, she sensed a trap.
		Along with thousands of Peruvians arrested during ruthless counterinsurgency campaigns in the 1980s and early 1990s, Berenson was tried in a special anti-terrorism court, presided over by "faceless judges," in which defendants were not permitted to examine or rebut the evidence against them.
		What most Peruvians remember of that time was Berenson's wild speech to the press before her life sentence.
	www.freelori.org /news/00nov04_washpost.html (2547 words)

	Birdwatchers Destination: Rainforest Expeditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At Malaga pass, Each elevation has at least one Peruvian endemic; there is a spinetail, a canastero, a hummingbird, an ovenbird, a flycatcher, a mountain finch, a tanager, a wren, a dacnis, an antpitta, and a tapaculo.
		It was in the 1990s that the largest and most diverse macaw-parrot clay lick - one of the most dazzling wildlife spectacles in the world - was brought into our households through the comprehensive article of the National Geographic Magazine.
		It was in the 1990s that two comfortable lodges were built in the region, one only 10 minutes walking from the famous clay lick.
	www.perunature.com /tours_si_bw.php (906 words)

	AEI - Short Publications
		Moreover, with Peruvians (and foreigners) feeling a sense of security for the first time in years, the country experienced a modest economic revival and a return of foreign investment.
		It was the uncovering of these "Vladi-videos" at the very time that President Fujimori was on a state visit to Japan that prompted his decision to resign by fax and remain indefinitely in the land of his ancestors.
		(In one famous Peruvian novel, the father of the principal character keeps saying that until the country finds some way to subordinate the cholos—that is, people of mixed race—"Peru will never progress".) They are countries with weak institutions, corrupt judiciaries, and a political discourse completely divorced from reality.
	www.aei.org /publications/filter.foreign,pubID.13758/pub_detail.asp (1856 words)

	American Prometheus -- The American System
		The manufactured part of this list, and articles of skill generally, will at first come by this route from Chicago and St. Louis, but in a few years from the works at Canon City, Denver, Pueblo, and Albuquerque, in Colorado and New Mexico.
		The Peruvian army had disintegrated, which may have had as much to do with treason as with the respective military abilities of the Peruvians and the Chileans.
		With hindsight and the resources of history we are in perhaps a better position today, than were the Peruvians a century ago, to know the precise identity of the W.R. Grace and Company.
	members.tripod.com /~american_almanac/prometh3.htm (8716 words)

	SCOUT: Teacher Lesson
		The student will combine a list of given words with the word potato to make a new word and write a definition.
		Tell students that the potatoes were not only a primary source of food for the ancient Peruvians, but also a major source of creativity.
		For example, students could write lists, poetry, plays, songs, raps, stories (including cartoon stories), or articles; draw, paint, model, or build something; act out a pantomime, create a puppet play, or shoot a video--depending on the resources available to the class.
	coe.west.asu.edu /scout/Group4/LummLesson.html (623 words)

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		Granada, the last and most famous of the Moorish capitals and strongholds, was finally captured in 1492.[13] The followers of Mahomet were driven out of Western Europe during the same period that, under Turkish leadership, they had at last won Constantinople in the East.
		Herodotus mentions a letter written with a style on stone slabs, which Themistocles, the Athenian general, sent to the Romans about B.C. 500; and we have another evidence of the same period still existing--the so-called Borgian inscription, which is a passport graven in bronze, entitling the holder to hospitable reception wherever he demanded it.
		Upward of three thousand of such engraved tablets, including the famous Roman laws of the Twelve Tables, were consumed in the great fire which destroyed the Capitol in the time of Vespasian.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/0/1/0/10103/10103-8.txt (19615 words)

	News From Mont Pelerin - Mises Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Colombia's disastrous civil war was explained by Colombian Think Tank Director Andres Mejia Vergnaud as coming because of the nation's low level of economic freedom and consequent growth; it rates no. 68 on the Heritage list and 88 on the Canadian Frazer Institute List, another economic rating.
		Companies were often sold at the highest price to raise money for governments, and then just preserved monopoly ownership for their new buyers, instead of being privatized in a way so as to create competition.
		The consensus of nearly all participants was that all the world could become prosperous and at peace, if nations just had the political structure and will to adopt the ideas of Mises and Hayek, the great economists of the post-socialist era.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.aspx?control=558&id=81 (1711 words)

	Crescent Moon Ranch History
		The Peruvian Horse had the fire I was looking for combined with great tractablilty and the best “locked-in” gait of any breed I have experienced before or since.
		I liked the fact that the Peruvian comes from a small gene pool which has been kept quite pure for centuries.
		I was assisted in my study of the Peruvian Horse by Verne Albright, who answered my questions during monthly phone calls I made to him for several years.
	www.angelfire.com /mi/crescentmoon/history.html (795 words)

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		There have been famous babes; for example, little Moses, from whose adventure in the bulrushes the Egyptian hierophants of seven centuries before doubtless derived their idle tale of the child Osiris being preserved on a floating lotus leaf.
		With a rattle and bang Of his bones, he sprang From his famous Pale Horse, with his spear; By the neck and the foot Seized the fellow, and put Him astride with his face to the rear.
		It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career.
	www.zikzak.net /~wiz/devil.html (19043 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		(voice-over): Peruvian city squares are filled with the tireless chanting of the name "Pachacutec", the most famous of the Incan emperors.
		Cheerful, articulate and with a solid background in politics, Lourdes Flores Nano is the first Peruvian woman to aspire to the presidency.
		I mean, as the elections are advancing towards the first round, we see that there are more and more economic protests in the Peruvian countryside and in the main cities of the interior.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0104/06/i_ins.00.html (3102 words)

	Fighting the Paranormal in Peru (Skeptical Briefs June 2000)
		As a humanist and skeptical university teacher I launched the Peruvian Journal of Applied Philosophy in 1994 in order to spread a dynamic and practical philosophy examining social problems from both humanist and skeptical perspectives.
		There are many Peruvian people who cannot afford the very expensive Western medicine and drugs or who have incurable illnesses.
		Astrologers were in Reagan's White House, for example, and Indonesian politics is famous for its use of psychics and witch doctors.
	www.csicop.org /sb/2000-09/peru.html (1487 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Peru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Arequipa is the proud creator of the famous Yaravi Arequipe?o (sung by many brothers of the Andes) and the Pampe?as.
		Commonly known Peruvian Valse tunes are: Alma Corazon y Vida, Odiame, Mi Propiedad Privada, El Plebeyo, La Flor de La Canela and Devuelveme El Rosario de Mi Madre, some of which are sung by Caribbean artists in the Bolero or Salsa version.
		Lima is famous for the Se?or de los Milagros Procession and Bullfighting, which takes place in Plaza de Toros Acho (the oldest bullfighting venue of the Americas).
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/peru (2957 words)

	Ranch History
		Lynne has ridden her Peruvian horses on the most challenging of trails, up to 16,500 feet in the Andes, down by Death Valley, through the central Sierra Nevada range and down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
		Her Peruvians have also been ridden in many parades, featured in newspaper and magazine articles and been seen on television.
		For those looking for an additional Peruvian, we have exciting and genetically sound horses resulting from three decades of careful breeding as well as over 30 years of experience with this marvelous breed to share.
	www.rpperuvians.com /history.shtml (536 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Aboriginal American Authors, by Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D.
		The list of native Mexicans who wrote in Spanish is a fairly long one; and I need only mention the better known names.
		In South America the Peruvians had their quipus, cords of different lengths, sizes and colors, knotted in various ways, and attached to a base cord, an arrangement that was a decided aid to the memory, though it could not be connected with the sounds of words.
		Hale, and an introduction by him, on the history, formation and purpose of the famous League of the Iroquois, has thrown a remarkable light, not merely on the ethnology of the district where the Iroquois were located, but on the mental characteristics of the red race in general.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8abam10h.htm (14498 words)

	Harnik's Happy House Of Books Local School Book Lists
		An engaging description of how corn was found by Indian farmers thousands of years ago (and) how corn is grown and used today.
		Parnall's geographic composition, his brilliant colors, and his precise and elegant use of the line reflect the strength and lyricism of the writing.
		This inspired look at what the Kapok tree means to the creatures that live in it-and what rain forests mean to the world's ecology-was at the forefront of the ecological movement ten years ago and continues to resonate profoundly with children everywhere.
	www.harnikbk.com /scbklst2.htm (595 words)

	NYC Election 2001: Guide for the Last Minute Voter
		In addition to the hundreds of community board members, school board members, and community activists running for office this year, the list of candidates also includes a TV journalist, a 19-year-old, a billionaire media mogul, a former NBA basketball player, Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager, a famous salsa singer, and a character from Seinfeld.
		In the days leading up to the election, many candidates will be making phone calls or shaking hands at subway stations, and the best way to find out what a person plans to do in office is to ask them or call up their campaign office.
		And having unions, religious leaders, advocacy groups, civic groups, and prominent New Yorkers listed on brochures or standing up at press conferences is an essential part of any campaign.
	www.gothamgazette.com /searchlight2001/feature10.html (3848 words)

	Overseas Chinese - Reference - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		A list of famous people with Chinese ancestry living outside of China in countries other than the USA and Canada.
		Absent from the list of Chinese Americans are immigrants from Hong Kong, who because of immigration law, tended to immigrate to Canada.
		The following list of cities with a population of between 100,000 and 250,000 have a Chinese American population in excess of 1 pecent of the total.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=4597 (5494 words)

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