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Word: cinelandia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio's Dead End Kids | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

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