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...space of a few days, the president and three directors of Petrobras had been fired. Congressional and presidential committees were digging into company affairs. Wrote Rio's Jornal do Brasil: "The situation is a national shame and a menace to the security of the country...
...Association of Dentists; Army Veterinary School), few combinations are pronounceable. Besides, Brazilians are running out of initials; MG stands for the states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso as well as the Ministry of War. Coming to the rescue of its readers, Rio's morning JB (Jornal do Brasil) recently published an article entitled "Introduction to the Small Dictionary of Initials (Without Which It Is Somewhat Difficult to Read a Newspaper in Brazil)." The list ran nearly a full page and was by no means complete. Some initials stretch out longer than many Brazilian words-for instance, FNOMMCFETMF...
Afterwards, however, Ralston's game seemed to slump. He lost sets to several unheard-of players in the U.S. championships, then was defeated in the quarterfinals by Brasil's Ronnie Barnes. Froehling murdered Barnes the next day, giving him seven games in three sets...
Willys' strength is due partly to the foresight of U.S. Industrialist Edgar Kaiser, who in 1954 took the then-daring decision to enter Brazil's auto market on a partnership basis and personally guaranteed a $42 million Bank of America loan that provided Willys do Brasil's working capital. But it is due as well to enthusiastic Brazilians who decided that they could switch successfully from assembling imported Jeep parts to actual manufacturing of cars. The odds were long. One visiting U.S. auto executive, after studying the shed where Jeeps were being assembled...
...doubled within two years; remote agencies will receive new cars by air. Willys also plans to establish 500 emergency repair shops around the country, train mechanics to man them, and-provide spare parts. Eventually Pearce hopes to export from Brazil to other Latin American nations. In time, Willys do Brasil and its American cousin may even meet head on in a battle for export markets. Edgar Kaiser already foresees the possibility. Says he: "When that comes up, we'll just have to be competitive. We face competition when these countries industrialize, no matter whether we help them...