Word: brazile
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...more hours of standing in the cold in one of those pens. So the pre-show comprises live and taped music acts and, at the top of each hour from 7 p.m. on, a countdown to zero second and a feed from whatever region (London, England; Ponta Verde, Brazil) is celebrating its midnight moment. That's when Treb's troops would fling into action, unfurling, say, the Mylar strips that blanketed the sky with what looked like glitter done by ILM. Some freelancers, stationed in the few Times Square high-rises with openable windows, unfurled toilet-paper streamers...
...that occurred in the late ?90s and continues, especially among what are called the anti-globalization protesters. If you look at the 1999 Seattle protests, there was a tremendous amount of costuming, the famous "turtle suits" worn by the environmentalists, as well as music. I went a rally in Brazil in 2004. It was fascinating - people came with their drums, and some people had face paint on, like they might at a soccer game. People were dancing in the streets...
...Dias was not entirely shocked that his clients were shouldering the blame. Brazil may have an admirable air safety record, but it also has collectively thin skin - and once the shock of the tragedy wore off and the investigation began, Brazilians immediately rushed to point the finger at others. Leaks from police, investigators or military officers who run Brazil's air traffic system portrayed the two pilots as irresponsible amateurs who flew at the wrong altitude, ignored controllers' orders, performed reckless maneuvers, changed their flight plan without notifying the tower or switched off crucial equipment that could have warned...
...carry a maximum sentence of four years, and such relatively short sentences are often commuted. Even though the two could theoretically be called to give more evidence from the U.S. under the two countries' Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, their lawyer makes it clear they won't be returning to Brazil...
...case, but who or where depends on the federal judge who is handling the case and the country's powerful military. The judge is now reviewing evidence and must decide whether military personnel, if they are involved, should face a civilian or armed forces tribunal. The military, which runs Brazil's air traffic control system, is not happy about its personnel being implicated. Military officers refused to hand over black box transcripts to police, delaying the inquiry and exacerbating the rivalry between the two bodies...