Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, the evening spent at the University was one of reminiscence over his accomplishments as President of Brazil. Stopping by Cambridge in the middle of a rapid lecture tour of the United States, the man who preceded Janio Quadros gave a quick sketch of Brazil's major economic problems and the measures his Administration had designed to deal with them...
...curiously, Kubitschek's suggestions that were to have the widest reach and scope concerned the relatively prosperous area of the central South. (This area, which includes the most heavily industrial sectors such as those of Sao Paulo, is generaly considered the key to overcoming Brazil's most perplexing economic problem: an unfavorable balance of trade...
...response to questions on more recent aspects of Brazil's politics and economics, Kubitschek made the following points...
...Step on an Anthill. Graham got to Peru after barnstorming through Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador on the first of two 1962 crusades to 91% Catholic South America (this fall he is scheduled to preach in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay). By the standards of the past, it has not so far been an effective tour...
What seemed, when first tested a few years ago, to be the ideal sleeping pill has turned into a frightening medical nightmare. The drug is thalidomide; it has been widely used in Western Europe (except France) under the names Contergan and Softenon, in Britain as Distaval, and in Brazil and Japan. In Canada, and (under heavy restrictions) in the U.S., it is distributed as Kevadon. Not a barbiturate, thalidomide quickly induces sleep and seldom leaves a hangover. It appears virtually impossible to commit suicide with it; 188 people are known to have tried and failed. But on a statistical basis...