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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Here Today . . . Standard atlases do not even agree on heights of some of the Alpine peaks. Some governments like to pad their population figures; some cities boast a bewildering array of spellings-e.g., Jebeil, Jubeil, Jebail, Jubayl, Jbail Djebail, Djoubeil. In Russia, a city's name is apt to change with the size of its population; in China, it can change with the seasonal movement of a district capital (e.g., Shanmulung officially becomes Lungchwan in the winter; Changfengkai becomes Lungchwan in the summer). Islands present a special problem: the South Pacific's volcanic Fonuafoo, for instance, emerged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Race of the Gazetteers | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

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