Word: manh
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even before the Argentine agreements were announced, many Brazilians were criticizing Petrobrás. In São Paulo, the authoritative daily Folha da Manhã ran a public-opinion poll, found that only 11% were in favor of Petrobrás as now run. More than 14% voted for strictly private enterprise, and more than 55% favored joint development by Petrobrás and private foreign and Brazilian companies...
...Warning. Snorted Rio's respected Correio da Manhã: "The title of President Kubitschek should be changed to Pharaoh of Brasilia." Cried onetime Finance Minister Eugenio Gudin: "A crime! Those factors of production wasted on the dream of a new capital will be missed...
...easy. Freed landlords went back to their villages, threw the squatters off their old property, beat up those who had denounced them. Sometimes the new owners cut down fruit trees, stripped the houses, killed the cows and buffaloes and ate them rather than give them back. Warned Nguyen Manh Tuong, dean of the Hanoi Law School: "The movement of revenge is widespread all over the country, and is pushing us back to the dark ages of prehistoric barbarism...
...Cabinet, he had to consider the claims of political allies and his need for strong congressional support. What emerged after many hours was a line-up that seemed somewhat oldish and politico-ridden for a new administration with a dynamic program. Snapped Rio's Correio da Manhã: "Faced with the choice between a great Cabinet and Congressional majority, Senhor Kubitschek chose the latter." In at least two key Cabinet posts, however, Kubitschek placed his first choices: as Finance Minister, shrewd Federal Deputy José Maria Alkmin, a loyal friend since the telegraph-office days in Belo Horizonte...
...spot where the Madeira River flows into the Amazon, oil hunters brought in a high-grade gusher, the first oil ever found in Brazil outside the coastal state of Bahia. The oil spurted 150 feet, and made Brazilians gush just as effusively. Said Rio's Correio da Manhá: "Glad tidings! The greatest hope for Brazil's recovery...