Word: aurelio
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...laid bricks all his life," he says. "My father did the same. I have laid bricks all my life. But where is my house?" The question doesn't need to be answered; the worker is one of Fellini's eccentrics, tolerated in a good-natured way but not respected. Aurelio's wife locks him inside the house on the day II Duce comes to speak so he can't walk about in his "socialist necktie." The fascists shoot the record player he's planted in the bell-tower and march off to the bars congratulating themselves on their bravery...
...founding of COPA in 1970 was largely influenced by the question of ethnic identity, especially in its effect on politics. "The whole thing [COPA] developed out of black awareness," Aurelio Torres, a former director of COPA, says. "A lot was being said about black awareness at the time--we wanted to raise Portuguese awareness...
...underemployment of Portuguese immigrants has more than economic implications. According to Aurelio Torres, a former director of COPA: "There is resentment [among the Portuguese] of the switching around of social classes in this country...
Organizers of the Congress had hoped that about 300 delegates would attend. However, Aurelio Torres, director of COPA--which organized the Congress--said yesterday that he was disappointed at the turnout of only...
...Aurelio Torres, director of the Cambridge Organization of Portuguese-Americans (COPA), the organization that is sponsoring the convention, said that that the convention will not only establish a congress but also publicize Portuguese contributions to American government and culture...