Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world's fastest-growing cities, by far the most untrammeled is Francisco ("Baby") Pignatari. At 33, Baby has already built an industrial empire worth some $25 million. In his spare time he has enjoyed life with a free-spending gusto that has won him the undisputed title of Brazil's champion playboy...
...Americans are in it. . . Most of our 'know-how' works only in a business economy ... In most of the world, business activity does not touch the mass of the people . . ." As an example of what could be done, FORTUNE cited Sears, Roebuck's new stores in Brazil. To keep the stores going, Sears men had to go about Brazil persuading local manufacturers to make stuff for them to sell. "Sears has linked formerly separated Brazilians into new business currents with one another. This, in a small but significant way, is Reformation...
...fled, taking the Leader shares with him, but telling neither Jan nor Thomas about them. Not until 1942 did Muska privately reveal the existence of the shares. By that time, Jan had been blacklisted by the U.S. and Britain for playing footie with the Nazis and had fled to Brazil, where he started a big new factory at "Batatuba." Young Thomas pitched in with the Allies, and succeeded in retaining operating control of most of the empire that was outside Nazi hands...
...scandal's political effects might also be damaging to Panair. As Brazil's major international airline (it operates four Constellation flights a week to Europe and back), Panair was leading a campaign in Congress for government subsidy of Brazil's overseas air services. With rugged competition from seven subsidized European lines, Panair was losing money on the South Atlantic route and sorely needed government help. After finding out how sadly Panair had been hoodwinked in its account-keeping, Congressmen might possibly bridle at voting the airline $1,000,000 a year in cash subsidies...
...insulator make it invaluable as a strategic war material, where it is essential for radio tubes, radar equipment, condensers, airplane sparkplugs. But the U.S., the world's largest user of mica, produced only 135 tons in 1948, had to import another 10,000 tons, chiefly from Brazil and India...