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Helio Jaguaribe, one of the most well-known of a growing circle of Brazilian political sociologists, is teaching here this spring as a visiting lecturer...
Since receiving his law degree from the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, Jaguaribe has helped to found several Brazilian institutes for the study of economics, sociology, and politics...
Died. Alberto Byington Jr., 60, Brazilian tycoon who pyramided his father's multimillion-dollar holdings by establishing Brazil's first movie, record and air-conditioning companies, added a network of 22 radio stations, 250 cold storage plants, and a major bauxite development-all on top of a vast coffee empire; of hepatitis; in Rio de Janeiro...
...Brazilian centavo is the monetary equivalent of a gnat's noggin. Officially the world's most minuscule denomination, it was-until last week -worth $.0000065, sixty-five one-hundred thousandths of a U.S. cent. Valued at one twentieth of a cent ($.0005) when it was first issued in 1944, the centavo became a victim of Brazil's roaring inflation, and last week the government finally declared it extinct. So is the one-cruzeiro note (worth 100 centavos), which cost four cruzeiros to print. From now on, cruzeiros up to the 500 denomination (value: 33?) will be issued...
...Brazilian sociologist began his lecture by defining his concept of Lusotropl-calism-the common culture and civilization which was the unique creation of Portuguese colonists in tropical areas of Latin America and Africa...