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...Bento Palace, he drives his staff relentlessly and has a reputation for exploding in anger when dissatisfied with its work -although he is regarded as a somewhat slapdash executive himself. Devoted to his family (two children), Gonçalves relaxes by swimming at the deserted, rocky Guincho Beach on the Atlantic coast, where he owns a simple cottage. Gonçalves often chooses an area of giant waves and a powerful undertow; characteristically, he seems to welcome the danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Cork, the Ideologue, the Playboy | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

Last week, on the lovely beach at the fashionable resort of Guincho, near Lisbon, a fisherman's dog dug into the sand, uncovered a shallow grave in which lay the body of a man. He had been shot in the back of the head and through the heart, was dressed in a sweater, grey trousers and black shoes-placed on the wrong feet. The dead man was identified as Captain Jose Santos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Fado for Jos | 4/18/1960 | See Source »

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