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Prainha, a beach about 40 minutes outside of Rio, is sublime. It's a place to chill out and experience the beauty of Brazilian nature...
...PAULO Brazilian executives favor the HTC S621 ($720) because of its unique grip and wi-fi capabilities...
...Brazilian director Jorge Furtado’s2002 film “Houve Uma Vez Dois Verões,”the character Roza repeats the phrase“I’m pregnant” three times. Each declarationmarks a distinct chapter inthe movie, which is divided into equalparts with almost mathematical precision.Professing one’s pregnancy hasbecome cliché in cinema, and Furtado isthe first to admit that his films are fullof stereotypical characters. However, it’sthe inversion and manipulation of thesestereotypes that has garnered Furtadorespect in the film world.“I trace...
...When Duchamp died in 1968 it was discovered that he'd been secretly working for two decades on a complicated installation with sparkling light, an invisible motor and a nude woman made of plaster casts of body parts covered in calfskin. (She was modeled on the wife of a Brazilian diplomat in New York, with whom he'd had a long, clandestine love affair.) But for years, Duchamp, who lived in a modest, $40-a-month apartment in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, told his friends he'd given art up for chess and philosophical writing. He said he believed...
...fundamental truth of all cultural exchange—that it is by definition a two-way street, a “win-win situation.” ONE WAY OR ANOTHER It’s Thursday night, and the halls of Winthrop House resound with the sounds of Brazilian percussion. Members of the Woodbridge Society of International Students stand in a circle, playing a wide variety of instruments. After a hour of jamming, they break for a catered Brazilian dinner. Over black beans and rice, Mashael A. Fakhro ’11 talks about adjusting to Cambridge after leaving...