Word: brazile
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Unfortunately, she was locked down in the game against Brazil because the U.S. lacked the creative midfielders to feed her and control the ball through traffic...
...Motors' parent company, Tata Group, believes his company can eventually sell as many as 1 million cheap cars a year worldwide. That may be a realistic assessment. Globally, up to 3.7 million such vehicles could be sold annually within the next few years, mostly in fast-growing markets like Brazil, China, India and Russia, says Abdul Majeed, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chennai (formerly Madras). "It's all about affordability and fuel efficiency," says Majeed. "The very cheap car is a trend big manufacturers can't miss...
...seem like a throwback to an earlier age, as if the U.S. were watching a meeting of a Che Guevara fan club. Leftist, anti-Yanqui sentiments, thought to have faded with the 20th century, have made a comeback, embodied by leaders like Venezuela's radical Hugo Chàvez, Brazil's former union boss Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva and Bolivia's socialist Evo Morales. Never mind coming to terms with these leaders--the U.S. finds it hard even to talk with them. An interpreter would be useful...
Enter motorbike medics, who flit between slow-moving cars and speed around stopped traffic. The two-wheeled first responders are dispatched from the 15 firehouses closest to São Paulo's main drags. Other cities employ moto-medics--London, Kuala Lumpur and Miami, among them--but in Brazil the program holds special significance since there is no centralized 911 and firefighters have become the go-to guys when accidents occur, perhaps because the country's health service is in disarray and the police are among the nation's least esteemed public servants. "People trust us," says fire department spokesman...
...McMillian’s co-editors, said the new journal will offer a global view of historical topics from the 1960s. “Scholars all over the world are examining the 1960s as happening in different places,” he said, citing Denmark and Brazil as examples. “This journal is going to be a kind of clearing-house for all of this great work happening everywhere that not all scholars are aware of.” The new journal also aims to offer the perspective of a younger generation of scholars...