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Mountains, jungle, savanna, pampas, desert and suddenly, amidst all the distances, a city of four million, or eight. Against the Big Sky of the Brazilian interior, the wide, windy vistas of Brasilia, with some human touches creeping in around the edges of the totalitarian master design−it will be a great capital in 1990 when it gets past 1984. From the plane, a fabulous fiery sunset over the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, lights coming on in Uruguay and Argentina on either side of the river. Another sunset, seen from sea level, the eye drawn up walls...
...speechless Emper emerged from the crowd amidst the thunderous applause and cheering of his teammates. A few even threw in some gratuitous wisecracks about Emper's Italian heritage...
...Argentina drifts into chaos, union leaders, government officials, diplomats and foreign corporation executives all have reason to fear for their lives. The uncertainty was compounded last week when President Isabel Peron returned home from the hospital amidst persistent rumors that she was about to resign. So far this year more than 700 people have died through political violence, and unofficial estimates put kidnapings at over 250. Largely as a result, Buenos Aires now has 200 or so licensed protection agencies, although most of the business is done by a dozen top firms. One of the largest is Organization Seguridad Integral...
...drab brick buildings is labeled "American Opinion, 395 Concord Ave.," with a single large American flag dangling over the front door. Inside, the only open doors are to the right, in a sea of fake wood paneling. The doors lead into a bookstore where sits the receptionist, Sally Riley, amidst a welter of reprints, newsletters, magazines, bumper stickers, and books with screaming titles, blood dripping dramatically down the covers, chains a prominent motif, and "Conspiracy" figuring in almost every title. During a five-hour span when I was in and out of the bookstore, as I toured the Society...
...strike was named "Alice Doesn't" after the book and movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" dealing with a widow's attempt to persevere amidst economic hardship...