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Since World War II a handful of Communists have bored their way into some of the highest places in the Brazilian armed forces. The Reds got one setback in March when President Getulio Vargas fired his War Minister, General Newton Estillac Leal, no Communist himself, but an ultranationalist who insisted that the army should not inquire into an officer's politics. Last week the Reds-and General Estillac Leal-got their lumps again...
...most important function of the Modern Language Center is as a meeting place for various language and literature organizations of the University. Clubs using the Center are the Club Hispaico, the Cihrcolo Italiano, the German Literary Conference, the Comparative Literature Group, the Linguistics Club, the Slavic Society, and Luno-Brazilian Club...
...number one player on the team, Alex Haegler, seems almost certain to stay in that position all spring. Wynn even feels that Haegler would stand a good chance to be one of the first six varsity players. The tall Brazilian, who also starred on the freshman soccer team, possesses a fast serve and hard overhead smash to go with his considerable tournament experience...
President Getulio Vargas and the Brazilian people find it simplest to blame their country's inflation on profiteering dealers (who have a noteworthy, but not a primary, role in forcing prices up). To prove that it is resolutely battling inflation, the government periodically announces dire anti-profiteering measures. In December, it said that people's courts, where high-markup shopkeepers could be tried by juries of irate housewives, would be set up; the courts have yet to start operation. Last week, after price riots in Belo Horizonte (TIME, Feb. 18), Price Boss Benjamin Scares Cabello announced the newest...
...annually plays host to dozens of visiting dignitaries, conducting them on the standard tour: Houghton Library, Mark IV, and the Glass Flowers. These dignitaries have included the Chancellor of the University of New Zealand, a Brazilian radio commentator, and a Siamese prince who was so "impressed that the offered us a five-dollar tip." Members of the group cannot accept tips...