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The violence broke out before dawn as officers broke up a road blockade by some 5,000 Indians in an area called Curva del Diablo -- or "Devil's Curve" -- in the northern province of Utcubamba.
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Indians in an area called Curva del Diablo-or "Devil's Curve" - in the northern province of Utcubamba.
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General Muguruza travelled to Bagua the next day to take command of the operation, which began at dawn on Jun. 5 at the spot on the highway known as the Curva del Diablo (Devil's Curve), near the town of Bagua, where the protesters were manning the roadblock.
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While the derivation of this name may seem fairly self-evident, why would anyone call a 90-degree bend near Zitácuaro, Michoacán, La Curva de la Gringa?
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One of the sharpest curves on the Mexico City to Cuernavaca highway is called La Curva de la Pera [= the curve of the pear].
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While the derivation of this name may seem fairly self-evident, why would anyone call a 90-degree bend near Zitácuaro, Michoacán, La Curva de la Gringa?
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One of the sharpest curves on the Mexico City to Cuernavaca highway is called La Curva de la Pera [= the curve of the pear].
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But the one that overtakes them all for histrionics and flat-out silliness is the one that jumped up and down, flapped its arms feverishly and cried out: Curva muy muy muy peligrosa — very, very, very dangerous curve ahead.
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Back in 1964 several of the British constructors – Lotus, Brabham, Cooper – were using the same V8 Coventry‑Climax power unit, but there were also three kinds of Ferrari engines – a V12, a V8 and a V6 – used in practice and the race, and a V12 Honda, plus several V8 BRMs and a V8 ATS, all captured on tape as they howled past the pits towards the old Curva Grande.
F1 grid loses its glorious blend of voices | Richard Williams 2011
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But the one that overtakes them all for histrionics and flat-out silliness is the one that jumped up and down, flapped its arms feverishly and cried out: Curva muy muy muy peligrosa — very, very, very dangerous curve ahead.
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