Word: braziller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...events that caused us to postpone the forum were intensified during the taking of the international public opinion poll. In Great Britain, France, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Brazil, Mexico and Canada, personal interviewers working through Elmo Roper, his overseas affiliates and, in the case of the U.S. Zone of Germany, the American Military Government, were in the middle of getting their answers to the survey questions when the Czech coup of Feb. 25 took place. Therefore, in the light of events during and since the survey was taken, the responses to some of its questions-especially in the U.S., where...
...rises 4,000 feet sheer from the lush green hills of Minas Geraes. It is a landmark that on a clear day can be seen by an airplane pilot 50 miles away. It is also one of the world's most precious topographical oddities. Caué is Brazil's Iron Mountain, a fabulous lode of some of the world's best ore, pure enough (up to 68%) to compete with Sweden's finest, vast enough to challenge Minnesota's great Mesabi...
...restricted list. Example: license No. 758,447 had been issued by the Department of Commerce for the export of a 1942 Buick car; the copy that went through the Custom House indicated that the license had been used to ship 1,000,000 pounds of flour to Brazil. The perforated word "validated," which made the license official, was forged...
Among Latin representatives: Pan American Union's Director Alberto Lleras Camargo, working on his home field (he is a Bogotano), Argentina's Foreign Minister Juan Bramuglia, Brazil's ex-Foreign Minister Joao Neves da Fontoura, Mexico's Foreign Minister Jaime Torres Bodet. They did not know how long the parley would last, but they were prepared for a good many weeks in Bogota...
...Panama, 1939; Havana, 1940; Rio de Janeiro, 1942; Chapultepec (Mexico), 1945, and Quitan-dinha (Brazil...