Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arizona's Republican Senator Barry Goldwater insists that he does not want to be President. He is enjoying his life just as it is-leisurely dinners with wife Peggy, midnight chats with fellow radio hams in England, Brazil and Phoenix, tinkering around with his black Corvette sports car, preaching the conservative gospel and taking potshots at liberals...
...head man, General Park Chung Hee. threatened to go back on his promise to permit elections in the fall, the U.S. warned that it might reduce military and economic aid to Korea. Last week General Park said that he would hold elections after all. Similarly, the U.S. recently used Brazil's need for continued aid installments to prod the government into moving to curb inflation...
...Madrid, his name ranks with Ordoñez and Dominguin. and the next time he is in London, he will be presented to the Queen. He gets 200 letters a week from all over the world, many addressed simply "Pelé" - with no country. Back home in Brazil, he is Edson Arantes do Nascimento. and ambitious politicians are forever trying to shake his hand in front of photographers. He is the biggest star of the world's big gest spectator sport - soccer - and he is only...
...Himself. Last week, 150.000 screaming fans jammed Rio de Janeiro's cavernous Maracana Stadium to watch Pele's team, the Santos Futebol Clube champions of Brazil, defend their national title against Rio's hard-running Botafogo club. It was no contest. The lithe, handsome Pelé had the day to himself, stealing the ball, caroming pinpoint passes off the top of his head, foot-dribbling around Botafogo defenders as if they were rooted in concrete. Santos ran up a quick three-goal lead. Then, while delirious fans shouted "Pay-lay! Pay-lay!". Pelé personally administered...
...eleven. Pelé was spotted by ex-Player Waldemar de Brito. who taught him the game's intricacies, and got him a contract with Santos. The first time he played. Santos won. 6-1, and Pelé scored four goals; within a year Santos was the sensation of Brazil. The team now has won the Brazil Cup two years running, and with Pelé on the squad, Brazil's national team has won the last two world championships...