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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Colombia southwest of Bogotá. Coffee and tobacco are grown in the area.
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My first appearance in Palmira (in Mahomet) was with the Zaphna of Mr.J. Bannister, the preceding year; and though the extraordinary comic powers of this excellent actor and amiable man have established his reputation as a comedian, his first essay in tragedy was considered as a night of the most distinguished promise.
Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895
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A carpenter and contractor by trade, the Buenos Airesborn Mistorni came to the U.S. in 1972, following Palmira, the Portuguese woman who would later become his wife.
Private Eye Lorraine Cademartori 2010
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One way is to take Avenida Alta Palmira south out of Cuernavaca, taking a left at a tight turn (no, there is no sign) onto Prolongacion Palmira and following that road until you reach the front gates of the former Tech de Monterrey campus.
Handmade Mexican Art from 3 de Mayo, Morelos and getting it home in one piece 2008
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One way is to take Avenida Alta Palmira south out of Cuernavaca, taking a left at a tight turn (no, there is no sign) onto Prolongacion Palmira and following that road until you reach the front gates of the former Tech de Monterrey campus.
Handmade Mexican Art from 3 de Mayo, Morelos and getting it home in one piece 2008
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However, given that Zelaya is said to still be in Palmira it might have also been a government effort to keep him as quiet as possible.
Ashley Rindsberg: Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital 2009
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The electricity was out all night in the Palmira neighborhood, which houses most of the country's embassies including the Brazilian embassy where former president Manuel Zelaya is thought to be ensconced.
Ashley Rindsberg: Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital 2009
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Tegucigalpa\'s Palmira neighborhood erupted into violence at around 5 in the morning.
Ashley Rindsberg: Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital 2009
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Tegucigalpa's Palmira neighborhood erupted into violence at around 5 in the morning.
Ashley Rindsberg: Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital 2009
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However, for the first time in nearly 15 hours the beating of helicopters blades is out of earshot and there is finally some kind of silence in the Tegucigalpa neighborhood of Palmira.
Ashley Rindsberg: Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital 2009
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This morning, however, I watched as roughly 50 riot police rushed at demonstrators to push them out of Palmira.
Ashley Rindsberg: Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital 2009
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