Word: brazilians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talking substance," remarked one Latin American ambassador last week as Rosalynn Carter finished boning up for a two-week, 12,000-mile swing through seven countries. If Mrs. Carter does try to get down to serious business, he warned, "there well could be resentment on our part." Added a Brazilian diplomat: "You know how we feel about women...
...course we're not. And nowhere are you more painfully aware of the fact than in reading this cover story The Magic of Brazil. Oh yes. Magic country. Beautiful country. And the excerpts printed here from Jim Metsner's Bahia portfolio of photos and recordings of traditional Brazilian culture and music help bring some of this 6,000 miles-away richness to the most insular Cambridge dweller...
...responsibilities is one of his most acute dilemmas. So far he has leaned to free trade. By refusing to impose a higher tariff or fixed quotas on imported footwear, he relieved many U.S. friends abroad. "A victory for us and the American consumer," exulted Niveo Friedrich, head of a Brazilian shoe manufacturers' association. Though the President's decision is likely to stick, he can be overridden by Congress, where protectionist pressures are traditionally strong. Free trade has won a round, but the outcome of the larger fight remains in doubt...
...ground coffee by 50?, to a record $4.21 per Ib.-the coffee-growing regions of Central and South America are enjoying a new-found prosperity. Growers in Brazil, for example, were getting $2.33 per Ib. last week for prime coffee beans, four times last year's price. Brazilian officials predict that export earnings from coffee will reach $4.3 billion this year, enough to take the sting out of the country's ruinous bill for imported...
...years ago, Brazilian rock stars were content with aping the antics of the Beatles or the Monkees. One of them, Roberto Carlos, had a wooden leg, but that never stopped him from cavorting around in psychedelic fashion through jungles, or perching atop the giant Cristo statue on Sugarloaf Mountain above Rio and Copacabana beach. He would sing sugar-candy love songs and had a huge teenybopper following, but if you were really with it you listened to Sergeant Pepper's instead...