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1) America
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We're the states who thought of uniting into the best country in the world, and we're the only country that thought of making the word part of our name. Brazil doesn't call itself “Brazil of America." So we've got a right to call ourselves “America" for short, any time we want. It's a beautiful word, and everybody knows it means us.
Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and America, a mélange
2) America
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From the bedrock under the Empire State Building to the Spanish empires in South America, the two land masses of North and South America are linked by geology and history. Today North and South America have some of the most spectacular landscapes on earth. They're the product of a violent geological past that shaped an equally turbulent human history. A BBC/Science Channel co-production.
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"También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then...