Word: braziller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cycle: seeds are planted during the monsoon, when the soil is soft and moist; cows are inseminated when they produce mucus at the cervix, fertility's telltale sign. Some women who cannot afford pencil or paper dutifully chart their fertile days in simple symbols drawn with burned wood. In Brazil, Sister Cecilia heads an agency that runs 18 N.F.P. centers; she argues that in countries where poverty and illiteracy prevail, N.F.P. is an ideal method of limiting family size. "The ovulation method doesn't cost anything, and women don't have to read or write to figure out which...
...Boxing prelims (tape). Basketball (M): Canada vs. Brazil...
...Midnight Swimming (M & W): finals. Basketball (M): U.S. vs. Brazil. Water Polo: U.S. vs. Yugoslavia...
...Soviet gymnasts for team gold, Swimmer Tamas Darnyi of Hungary to be chasing his own world record in the 400-m ind. medley, and Biondi to be continuing his medal chase, in the 100-m butterfly. On the basketball court the U.S. takes on the 1987 Pan Am winner, Brazil, and its colorful colossus, Oscar Schmidt. In the water Terry Schroeder captains the U.S. against defending world and Olympics champ, Yugoslavia...
...medal competition for viewers to judge: Which fans will be the noisiest, those watching the soccer (cheering perhaps for Italy, West Germany, Brazil) or those at table tennis rooting for Chinese Superstar Jiang Jialiang? Veteran Captain Karch Kiraly will lead the U.S. into what could be these Games' final confrontation with the U.S.S.R.: on the volleyball court. While most of the U.S. sleeps, Kenya's Douglas Wakiihuri and Djibouti's Ahmed Salah should be leading home a wide-open marathon field...