Word: brazile
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...strangest thing is that he asked no questions when the doctor started preparations in the area." VANESSA GUIMARAES, a manager at a clinic in Brazil, on a patient who entered the clinic to be treated for an earache but ended up having a vasectomy performed on him in error...
...Evidente. The greatest shoe salesman in the world, Evidente, 33, is the anti--Willy Loman. He is a celebrity not only in Manhattan, where he has been selling for the Manolo Blahnik store for the past 12 years, but also around the world. When he stayed with clients in Brazil for Carnaval, he was bold-faced in the paper. Blahnik signed a copy of his book for Evidente, "To Ben. Without you, we are nothing." He makes so much money that he just bought a vacation house in Hawaii. And here at the semiannual sale, with women standing in line...
...knew it would be a shambles," said one prominent hotelier, who asked to remain anonymous. A local art dealer sniffed, "Carnival is in the blood. You can't conjure it up on a word processor," adding that comparisons with Brazil were ludicrous...
...radical Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, which is allegedly linked to al-Qaeda. The German government denied claims that it had fronted a ransom of almost €5 million to secure the release of the tourists, and pledge to help track down the group's kidnappers. Space Tragedy BRAZIL A rocket exploded on its launchpad at the Alcantara Launch Center, killing 21 people and injuring 20. Those caught in the blast were mostly technicians carrying out final tests just days before the rocket's scheduled liftoff. Triggered by an accidental ignition of one of the rocket's four engines...
DIED. ROBERTO MARINHO, 98, media magnate and one of Brazil's richest and most powerful men; in Rio de Janeiro. Inheriting a small newspaper from his father when he was 20, he built O Globo into an empire whose television stations reached 99.9% of the country's homes and broadcast Brazilian soap operas around the world...