Word: mamau
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...morning last November President Getulio Vargas of Brazil sat down as usual to a dish of mamau (a Brazilian fruit that looks like cantaloupe), unfolded a newspaper with an expectant smile. It was the second anniversary of Brazil's Estado Novo-the semi-Fascist State that President Vargas created in 1937-and he looked forward to a paean of headlines in Brazil's press...
Last week amiable Lourival Fontes and hard-boiled Civis Muller waited breathlessly to see who would be chosen Minister of Press & Propaganda by President Vargas. Lourival Fontes got the call. Civis Muller went back to his duty as a policeman. And Getulio Vargas enjoyed his mamau once more...
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