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...bothers the Argentines little that neighboring Chile claims part of the same slice (see map}, but they simmer at Great Britain's pretensions to sovereignty over every square mile of Argentina's frozen empire. Since Strongman Juan Peron came to power in 1945. Argentina and Great Britain have carried on a sort of supercooled war along the antarctic coast, each protesting whenever the other side acts as though it regards any particular expanse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ANTARCTIC: Flowerless Summer | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

...ready for mailing, and shabby gray walls with travel posters covering cracks in the plaster all contribute to the cluttered but "worked-in" appearance of the five-room flat. Yet in the middle of this apparent disorder there are three carefully organized files on student movements from California to Chile. These files indicate the ambitious task of the Commission: to help bring order to the chaotic state of student organizations throughout the world...

Author: By John G. Wofford, | Title: Student Switchboard | 2/12/1955 | See Source »

...baby boom is leveling off, the world's population is still growing by 1.2% each year, according to a new World Health Organization study. Biggest net population increases are mostly in high-mortality, high-birth-rate countries, with some important exceptions: Ceylon, 28.5 per thousand inhabitants, Chile 22.9, Canada 19.2. Lowest increase countries: England and Wales 4.0, West Germany 4.5, Sweden 5.7. Biggest exception to the rule: The Netherlands, with a 14.1 increase and a low 7.7 death rate. (The U.S. had a 15.1 increase and 9.6 death rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Feb. 7, 1955 | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...Germans are dickering to build a coastal freighter fleet, sugar and paper mills for Chile, whose Development Corp.'s executive vice president last week wound up a two-month business trip to West Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Trade Comeback | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

...four hours with Ibáñez and his chief ministers, Holland got a restrained rundown on Chile's plight. They asked for no U.S. aid, but Chilean economists later told him that at November's hemisphere conference in Rio they will seek creation of a new development-loan bank and price supports for Latin American raw materials. Holland spoke up for broadened trade and private investments, and departed, soberly, for Bolivia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Sunny, Then Chile | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

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