Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...depose Getulio Vargas. But to do that they needed the backing of the army, and to win that they had to convince the army's boss, War Minister General Euclyde Zenobio da Costa. The War Minister vetoed any change. The army, said he, "should guarantee constitutional liberties and Brazil's legally constituted government"-i.e., Vargas should be allowed to serve the remaining 17 months of his term...
...week's end, Nehru, so free with advice to others, got some advice for himself. In one form or another, nine nations expressed concern to India (among them the ex-colony of Brazil, supporting Mother Portugal). Typical was Britain's Foreign OSce's "earnest hope that there will be no resort to force or to methods bound to lead to the use of force...
...AGREEMENT to prevent wide price fluctuations has been signed by 20 nations, will go into effect this winter. Under the plan (opposed by the U.S., West Germany and Brazil), a world tin council will keep tin prices between 80? and $1.10 a lb. (current price, New York: 96?) by selling tin from a 25,000-ton buffer stock when it gets too high, buying when it gets...
...apprentice in the Zurich wholesale grocery firm of Pfister and Sigg. Thirteen years later the company became Pfister & Duttweiler. But Dutti's main career of cutting prices-and conventional corners -began in 1925. Just back from several years as a coffee-and sugar-plantation owner in Brazil, Duttweiler was shocked to discover that a planter netted less for his efforts in raising coffee than the grocer who merely handed it over the counter. To remedy that, Duttweiler invested his savings of $25,000 in five model T Ford trucks and a stock of rice, flour, sugar and other staples...
Because of his remarkable success at home, the governments of Turkey, Brazil and Puerto Rico have asked Duttweiler to help in bringing down their living costs, too. The Greek government invited him to be its guest this month to discuss the possibility of starting a Migros-like system for Greece. Duttweiler, who calls himself a revolutionary in business and a conservative in politics, has the same advice for all in beating down Communism. Says he: "There is no point in fighting Communism with speeches and pamphlets. You have to fight Communism in the kitchen...