Word: belo
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These frustrations were accompanied, in late 1961, by a kind of vision of a nuclear holocaust destroying Indianapolis. Having read a magazine article listing a selection of the best places in the world to avoid an atomic war, Jones took his wife and three children to one of them, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Belo Horizonte did not present many opportunities, however, so Jones moved to Rio to teach at the American school there. "Jim was no fanatic," said a woman who befriended him there. "He had no wild streak at all. They were just normal, rather naive and provincial Mid westerners...
Impressed with the Garibaldi resort's $5,000-a-month profit, the Brazilian government is lending Santini more than $2 million to build similar complexes near Rio, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Recife and Brasilia. Making money, though, was not on Santini's mind when he began his quixotic quest to put Brazilians on skis. "My real ambition," he says, "is to see a Brazilian ski team in the Olympics-even if they finish last...
National Sport. Salvador, where it all started, has 36 capoeira centers, Rio and Sao Paulo have around 30 each, and there are several in state capitals like Recife and Belo Horizonte. "It's a national sport already," says Folklore Authority Waldeloir Rego. "Everyone knows the steps...