Word: braziller
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Adedeji's recent scoring feats are eclipsed by his achievements in his home country of Nigeria. He was an inside forward on the 1968 Olympic team at the age of sixteen, and he scored in each of the qualifying matches until Brazil beat Nigeria, 2-0, to gain a berth in the quarterfinals at Mexico City...
...must stop economic and military aid to countries like greece, Pakistan and Brazil and especially the Thieu regime as long as it continues to prevent elections," he added...
...sold $2.9 billion worth of farm goods to Europe. Of the total, $1 billion was in sales of soybeans and soybean products, which are used in things like margarine and ink. This commodity would be vulnerable in any trade war; if necessary, Europeans could import soybeans from Brazil or Africa. "There can always be substitutes if it is a matter of national policy," says Clarence Palmby, an assistant secretary of the Agriculture Department...
Ecological Effects. Already, experts note, the estimated 2,000,000 Indians who inhabited Brazil when the Portuguese arrived in 1500 have dwindled to a mere 50,000. At one point, the government rerouted one of the highways to pass right through Xingu National Park, where 15 tribes now live. After a storm of protest, the government finally altered the park's boundaries. Three smaller reservations are also planned. But the government's attitude is best expressed by General Oscar Bandeira de Mello, head of FUNAI, the national Indian foundation charged with looking after Indian interests. "We could spend...
...obviously overcrowded. But this does not mean that the entire planet is running out of room. Although India has a major population problem, with about 570 million people crammed into 1.1 million sq. mi., Australia has more than twice that much land and only 1/40 the population. Canada, Brazil and Russia all have vast empty spaces. And although much of this space is jungle or steppe or desert, the Israelis have demonstrated in the Negev that technology and hard work can make the most inhospitable land support new settlers...