The former River Plate player has taken over Sheffield United's Speed as favourite to succeed Martinez.

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Argentina's financial collapse of 2001-02 prompted Argentines to withdraw dollars they had parked across the River Plate.

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His supporters also hope that the victory on October 24th of the centre-left Alliance in neighbouring Argentina, just across the River Plate, will inspire voters to back change.

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And the newest architectural development in the city can be found along the shores of the River Plate in the Puerto Madero neighbourhood, where shiny skyscrapers house some of the costliest real estate in Buenos Aires.

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As a consequence, it's almost impossible to over-exaggerate how remarkable it is that Sunday's big football match between River Plate and Boca Juniors - the two major football clubs in the country - has been moved to allow the nation to watch Pichot and his team in Paris.

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Geological processes, such as plate tectonics, erupting volcanoes, advancing glaciers and river networks, have altered Earth's surface over billions of years.

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Atoms of elements with boiling points below the temperature of a particular plate pass over it, just as water runs over a warm river-bed.

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