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...The Costa Ricans — or Ticos — put their longevity down to pura vida, a versatile phrase that can be thrown into conversation to mean hello, goodbye, no problem or thank you, but which essentially sums up...
...A short, silver-haired man in his late fifties sat alone on a bench underneath an orange tree....
...Carlos Costa, governor of the Bank of Portugal, said: “the sale of Novo Banco marks a decisive step in strengthening the Portuguese banking sector.”...
...A reluctant flier, she nevertheless travelled to Costa Rica to take a high dose of iboga — a psychedelic compound derived from a west African tree bark renowned for inducing visions....
...The lone swimmer claimed by the deep was a professional stuntwoman, Susan Backlinie, just one in a long line that Gregory spotlights in a story that takes us back to the dawn of the movies....
...It’s hard to believe that a single tree could shape the fate of a multi-million dollar real estate scheme....
...“Timeshare” tends to be associated by many people with images of pensioners losing hard-won nest eggs on Costa del Sol holiday developments....
...Tree is by no means a lone voice in the Washington policy nexus. Jim Webb, the Democratic senator for Virginia, said in April that the issue of marijuana legalisation should be “on the table”....
...The slogans powering the Costa Rican eco-rush set the tone of the country’s appeal: “No Artificial Ingredients” and the national motto Pura Vida (pure life)....
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