Because now that the last continent had been found and Britain ruled the waves, the possibilities were intoxicating.
However in the last decade, the continent has been drying up.
He considered that, through my election to the position of Secretary-General, the United Nations would at last give the African Continent an opportunity to contribute to the progress of the whole international community.
So, let's talk - we're really talking about the east of the continent and the last week, dozens people have been killed in heavy fighting in and around Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Dhoni handed the ball to Yuvraj Singh - a player described by Pietersen as a "pie-thrower" during England's tour to the sub-continent last winter - but he was carted all over the ground before being pulled out of the attack after just two overs.
The European Environment Agency says the average temperature on the continent in the last decade was already 1.3 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level.
Mrs Clinton spent much of last week in California, the biggest prize among primary states last week, before crossing the continent over the weekend.
Instead, the Nobel committee said the EU had won the peace prize for its role in uniting the continent over the last six decades.
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At last count the entire continent of Africa had 238 people who could legitimately call themselves Chartered Financial Analysts.
In its table of measles cases across the continent from last year, Romania and the UK had the most cases of the disease - Romania had 3, 843 and the UK had 1, 902.
In other African qualifying action, Ghana, who became the first from the continent to reach the 2010 finals last month, were beaten 1-0 by Benin in a Group D match Cotonou.
The last people to try to do that on the continent were the communists of eastern Europe.
These uninhabited, wildlife-filled lands are considered to be among the last few untouched and truly natural places on the continent.
The tour, which starts in Slovenia for a U.S.-European Union summit, likely will be his last trip to the continent during his presidency.
Lastly, the president said the key to sustained growth in Africa will be the elimination of racial and ethnic conflict, and an end to the many wars that have flared across the continent in the course of the last five years.
In the century since the days of Roosevelt, big game populations have nosedived across the continent, and this region counts among the last wild pockets left in the country.
During the last year CNN has demonstrated its continued commitment to and investment in the African continent with the opening of a bureau in Lagos, its fourth in Africa, enabling the organisation to increase its newsgathering and general programming capabilities from this key part of the world.
Last May, farmers from across the continent declared their opposition to the plans, saying that they could hurt local economies and threaten jobs in many countries.
Redknapp guided Tottenham to fourth place in the Premier League last season but the club missed out on European Champions League qualification after Chelsea won the continent's premier club competition.
Most of the increase since the last 2009 study is the result of re-evaluating shale gas plays along the Gulf Coast Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain areas.
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It was hoped that the continent, freed from tyranny, would at last begin to develop.
Still, this week has also brought hopeful signs that a European recovery may at last be underway, especially in Germany, the continent's biggest economy.
The Continent had been in a mild recession, then last quarter it turned decidedly ugly.
Last year the company knocked Volkswagen and its Golf off the continent's small-car sales perch.
The Chicago Tribune raves, It's craftsmanship and ambitions put it a continent ahead of nearly every other animated feature of the last couple years.
The meeting, held at Rhodes University, was a follow-up to a study undertaken last year by UNESCO to map the media training landscape across the continent and to assess potential excellence according to three broad criteria areas.
The Deputy Secretary of DHS and other top officials from my department have for the last several days been on a multi-country, multi-continent mission meeting with top transportation and airport officials, discussing ways to increase cooperation and security.
Norwich UNESCO City of Literature welcomed writers and literary professionals from over 25 countries and every continent in the world to speak at its International Literature Showcase last month (April).
"He was not able to participate in the last World Cup but what is more important here is to give this continent a face, a human face in football, " he said ahead of Sunday's draw for the qualifying rounds.
His illness first manifested itself in India last year, and he later opted not to return to the sub-continent for the ICC Champions Trophy.
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