Word: brazilianizing
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...several centuries has ruled Sicily with poniard, pistol and poison. Smile a bit sadly when Sordi, a born comedian, tries to play the hero straight. And wink when the director, obviously afraid his customers will get sick of all that lumpy peasant pasta, slyly introduces a piece of smooth Brazilian cheesecake (Norma Bengell...
...Five years ago, angry at the then President, he launched a low-comedy invasion of Panama with seven men and a couple of boatfuls of arms. The invasion failed, of course; Dame Margot, who was along for the ride, was expelled from the country, while Tito scampered into the Brazilian embassy until the storm blew over. Since then, he has been linked with various gunrunning efforts and last year, still another caper-alleged whisky smuggling-landed him in a Panama jail for three days until charges were dropped...
...return! He'll return!" they chanted. In Kubitschek's apartment, supporters hoisted the ex-President to their shoulders and carried him to the window. Fans and foes alike rallied to Kubitschek's side. "Abusive, monstrous and violent measure," said Heraclito Sobral Pinto, president of the Brazilian Bar Association and longtime critic of Kubitschek. "The real loser," said Archbishop Dom Helder Camara, "was not Kubitschek but Brazil...
Kubitschek's supporters prepared a White Paper to "prove" his innocence, sent a petition to President Humberto Castello Branco. The Brazilian Council of Bishops also did some petitioning. "Let those who are accused have the sacred right of defense," the bishops pleaded. Answered the chairman of the Central investigating Committee: "Defense is impossible...
...countries are not stable," says Deak, "their currencies are heavily traded." Currency speculators and companies operating in inflation-ridden countries such as Brazil or Italy try to conserve the value of their cash by buying or selling "forward contracts" for funds, similar to commodity futures; a speculator who sold Brazilian cruzeiros short a year ago could have doubled his money. Deak trades in the contracts, gambling that fiscal and political changes will work...