Word: ferreira
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...lovely phosphorescent powder was unlike anything Leide das Neves Ferreira, 6, had ever seen. Her father, a junk dealer in the Brazilian city of Goiania, discovered the mysterious substance when he pried open a heavy lead casing that a scavenger had sold him. Leide rubbed the powder on her body so that she glowed and sparkled. Dust fell on the sandwich she was eating. Leide, her father and the scrap collector were in critical condition at a Rio de Janeiro hospital last week, not expected to survive...The ten Goiania victims in most serious condition, including Leide, were flown...
...yesterday's featured match pitted Harvard's Deepak Abraham against Trinity's Michael Ferreira, an English phenom who has earned the No. 1 position in a Bantam lineup loaded with international talent...
Looking to ride the coattails of Saturday's splendid upset of Princeton's David Yik, the No. 2 ranked player in the country, Abraham eventually succumbed in five games to Ferreira...
...ELECTED. JORGE SAMPAIO, 61, to a second term as President of Portugal; in Lisbon. The Socialist Party candidate won 56% of the vote against 35% for his nearest rival, conservative candidate Joaquim Ferreira do Ama-ral, ensuring a first-round victory. Sampaio benefited from the lackluster opposition's low appeal, though his victory was tempered by poor voter turnout, with only half of those eligible going to the polls...
...Martin was very good," Ferreira said. "He used 60 different aliases, knows the system well and was able to get out of the country fast...