Word: brazilians
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...model that could rescue pro soccer in Brazil, the cradle of superstars like Pelé and Ronaldinho--which has been sinking under corruption, violence, archaic management and a hemorrhaging of talent to Europe and Asia. "You pick a company because you believe it's undervalued," Joorabchian told TIME. "We believe Brazilian football as a whole is undervalued...
Joorabchian's entry into the Brazilian game was, to kick a metaphor around, out of left field. An investment banker and former car salesman, he arrived in Brazil from Britain in 2004 seeking to buy a media outlet. But after watching Corinthians, he decided sports was a better bet. The team was desperate for a benefactor. Despite a fan base of some 24 million, the club attracted fewer than 10,000 people at most games, was more than $20 million in debt and had a revenue stream one-tenth of the $300 million that English powerhouse Manchester United rakes...
...works to counter that threat. The tensions between terrorism prevention and the protection of civil liberties were already set to dominate the U.K.'s political agenda in a week that will see a report published about the shooting by London's anti-terror police in 2005 of an innocent Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber. On Nov. 6, Queen Elizabeth II will read out the government's legislative program for the forthcoming year, expected to include a tightening of terror laws...
...woke more energized when they were in the buff. The Olympics used to be a nude event. Traditional art lauds the naked body as the height of beauty and purity. Our forbearers caught on too—a naked disco, Starkers!, is held monthly in London; many indigenous Brazilian tribes wear next to no clothes on a daily basis; Germany plays host to various naked cycling competitions throughout the year; and some South Asian ancient traditions conflate nudity with holiness. Being naked is better for us physically, belongs to us historically, and is embraced by some of us culturally...
...Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in the south, Portuguese settlers built baroque churches dripping with gold, silver and art. But today, much of that art is gone. "The last time I checked, we had registered 188 works of art stolen - that's since 2000," says Vanessa de Souza, a Brazilian police chief and delegate to Interpol. "We think there are a lot more that haven't been reported to us. Sometimes we see reports of thefts in the newspaper and we haven't been told officially...