Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brazil's Vice President Joao ("Jango") Goulart and his pretty wife arrived in Washington last week for a state visit that turned into an immediate personal hit. Goulart, one of the most colorful and controversial of Brazil's traditionally high-voltage politicians, was welcomed warmly by Vice President Nixon, talked at length with Secretary of State Dulles, dropped in to chat with President Eisenhower, conferred earnestly with A.F.L.-C.I.O. Chief George Meany, and still had time to attend all the formal dinners and receptions that go with a state visit...
Through all of last week's protocol, Goulart took special pains to make one point clear: Brazil is staunchly anti-Communist and he, as Brazil's Vice President, is staunchly anti-Communist as well, despite the fact that his ticket received a Communist endorsement in last October's elections. He summed up the struggle against Communism in his speech to the Senate: "For the U.S. it is mostly an external effort, which can be and is being kept away from the shores of this country by the joint action of your diplomacy and the organization of your...
...testily kept bedrooms as they were. ¶ From the U.S., former German Bauhaus Leader (now a U.S. citizen) Walter Gropius sent plans for a curved-front, eight-story apartment house. Set on stilts, the building will be constructed of white concrete and white enameled metal. ¶ From Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer submitted a toned-down version of his usually flamboyant tropical style. His plan, approved last week, won acclaim at once. It calls for an eight-story, glass-ended apartment house honeycombed with private balconies. To service the building, which will rest on 14 V-shaped stilts, Niemeyer has housed...
Test Pilot. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, finally gratifying his long-felt urge to fly, ex-Aircraft Mechanic Olimpio Martines Neto, 27, hopped in a twin-engine DC-3 at the city airport, kept it aloft for three minutes, crash-landed in a crowded suburb, walked from the wreck with nothing more serious than a rip in the seat of his pants...
...important than it had been as a reference source, and is now markedly superior to any in Germany. The last decade has also witnessed an increased consciousness of American methods. For the first time the Museum is now training personnel for such countries as Egypt, Pakistan, Spain, and Holland. Brazil has also asked for advice on its state collection...