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  • He discovers the side of his personality that will become known as Culebra, the Viper, in some circles.

    Bookspotcentral 2008

  • In somewhat more precise terms the Culebra uplands can be described as a disorderly combination of several geological formations, some sedimentary, others volcanic in origin–a generally unstable combination that was bound to mean a great deal of trouble.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • The engineers had discovered a gap in the mountains twelve miles from Panama City, at a point called Culebra, where the elevation above sea level was only 275 feet.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • In somewhat more precise terms the Culebra uplands can be described as a disorderly combination of several geological formations, some sedimentary, others volcanic in origin–a generally unstable combination that was bound to mean a great deal of trouble.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • Even a lock canal, he emphasized, would always be threatened by possible floods, and he further warned that the deep cuts that would have to be made through the Cordilleras at that section known as Culebra–even for a lock canal–would be subject to persistent mud slides.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • Even a lock canal, he emphasized, would always be threatened by possible floods, and he further warned that the deep cuts that would have to be made through the Cordilleras at that section known as Culebra–even for a lock canal–would be subject to persistent mud slides.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • The engineers had discovered a gap in the mountains twelve miles from Panama City, at a point called Culebra, where the elevation above sea level was only 275 feet.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • Their home was perched on high ground over that portion of the Panama Canal known as the Culebra or Gaillard Cut.

    General Ike John S.D. Eisenhower 2003

  • Going with Puerto Rico are two small islands called Culebra and

    Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Trumbull White 1904

  • That is Spur 421, also known as Culebra from I-10 to Bandera, and Bandera Road all the way to Evers.

    San Antonio News 2008

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