Figure 3. Capillary hemangioma in a 4-month-old boy with proptosis of the left eye, inferior displacement of the globe, and a bluish discoloration under the skin. Axial contrast-enhanced CT image depicts an intensely enhancing, irregularly marginated lesion with intraconal (dots) and extraconal (arrows) components.
For other uses, please see Banana republic (disambiguation) . The phrase banana republic was coined (ca. 1904) by the American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862â1910).Banana republic is a political science term for a politically unstable country, whose economy is largely dependent on exporting a limited-resource product, e.g. bananas.he history of the first banana republic begins with the introduction of the banana to the US in 1870, by Lorenzo Dow Baker, captain of the schooner Telegraph.
One of the Symptoms of a banana republic is that politicians get a lot of air time. When I immigrated from India to the USA in the late 80s, 30 minutes of news on Indian tv was dominated by 25 minutes by politicians inaugarating this or that. In the US, Ronald Reagan was hardly seen on TV.