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  • I will concede to Kelly and London that the term Avança Brasil for a grandiose infrastructure development plan for the Amazon has fallen into disuse, but only after it provoked a furor of controversy and protest, including a feature article in Science magazine in 2004.

    'The Green vs. the Brown Amazon': An Exchange London, Mark 2007

  • I can therefore assert that this island is larger than England and Scotland together, since beyond these one hundred and seven leagues there remained at the west point two provinces where I did not go, one of which they call Avan, the home of men with tails.

    The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery 1909

  • That is why the government is so eager to push ahead with the project called Avança Brasil.

    The Green vs. the Brown Amazon Terborgh, John 2007

  • We also decided to look at a place located high up on the fringes of the city limits in an area known as Avan-Aringe, which is fairly close to the Kotayk region border.

    An Armenian Blog About Life in Armenia 2006

  • So Jason gets to his feet and says very loudly 'Avan's not a pervert, he is just being helpful!' and theres this like silence as everyone turns to look at us.

    avanery Diary Entry avanery 2005

  • Only Lacy can help her, by getting to the bottom of what Zoe's boyfriend-terrorist Ben Stark (Avan Jogia) had planned before he blew himself up.

    ‘Caprica’ 1.03: ‘The Reins Of A Waterfall’ Recap » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • Three chapels, in Yeghvard, Kosh and Avan, have been ignored in hundreds of pages of a catalog of Armenian architecture.

    Time-Traveling in Armenia James Fidler 2010

  • Elric and Moonglum travel to a different city in the Young Kingdoms, and with Duke Avan discover that the Jade Man is a being with whom Elric is all too familiar.

    Superhero Prose Fiction: Flashing Swords - Flashing Swords 2 Blue Tyson 2008

  • Elric and Moonglum travel to a different city in the Young Kingdoms, and with Duke Avan discover that the Jade Man is a being with whom Elric is all too familiar.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Flashing Swords 2 - Lin Carter Blue Tyson 2008

  • In Avan, now a suburb of Yerevan, stands the chapel of St. Asdvadzadzin, which was probably built in the fifth century and remains mostly intact less a roof.

    Time-Traveling in Armenia James Fidler 2010

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