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...name means "the place of the singing stone" in the language of the Guaraní Indians. Now Itaipu has a new significance: it is the name of the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, an $18.5 billion structure that was officially dedicated last week by Brazilian President João Baptista Figueiredo and his Paraguayan counterpart, Alfredo Stroessner. Said Figueiredo after the two heads of state pulled a lever opening the dam's orange-colored floodgates: "This is an example for developing countries. Itaipu shows that our people are capable of developing our own technology...
...night Alberg summoned the tive committee and asked for a meeting to "end the divisive in the club. The committee, some Phillips backers, voted for the meeting. A fight redentials, in which both sides tried blocks of friendly voters, and sal of a Phillips demand for guaran a secret ballot caused the Phillips o boycott yesterday's general meet...
...going to the jail to see his son. I was unshaven, dressed in rags, and I guess I managed to pass for a lower, class Paraguayan -although I narrowly missed becoming a permanent guest of the house when the guard asked me a question in Guaraní, the language of the Paraguayan pueblo. The old man spoke up for me and the guard, satisfied, admitted us into the unpaved courtyard crammed with prisoners. There was a big parade going on in another part of town, and I suppose the guards figured that no correspondent would pass up a good parade...
...Prestes. Marking their burgeoning strength, the Communists last week staged a gay party. The occasion: the birthday of their senator-elect leader, smoldering, classic-browed Luis Carlos Prestes. At Communist headquarters by Rio's tree-shaded Flamengo Beach, party members popped firecrackers, chewed gristly, barbecued beef, drank guaraná, a soft drink. While Prestes blew out the 48 candles on a 7-ft., 226-lb. cake decorated with a red hammer & sickle, guests sambaed to a socially significant new tune, "Milk, Meat & Bread...
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