Word: cinelandia
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...streets Cristiano found only a freedom full of cruelty. During the day he survived by shining shoes and stealing watches or purses. At night on the sidewalks of Cinelandia, the main square in the center of Rio, he huddled close to a band of young friends for protection. Sometimes a rival pack of street kids attacked them, but more often the police came, swinging batons. Cristiano slept on a piece of cardboard near the majestic Municipal Theater and across the street from the National Fine Arts Museum. He was free to steal from others' lives, not free to live...
Spain has long been familiar with the name Ramon, for Author Serna, who prefers to call himself by his first name, has written more than 70 books and by his industry, versatility, publicity sense, has made himself a household word in his native land. Movleland (Cinelandia) is the first of his books to be translated for U. S. readers...
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