Word: maria
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Guanabara State Governor Carlos Lacerda and Kubitschek were in the thick of the bargaining. A Lacerda man-and a good one-landed the Health Ministry. Kubitschek's prize, voted by Congress without military interference, was a less happy choice. Into Brazil's vice-presidency went José Maria Alkmim, 62, an old crony who for 28 ill-starred months served as Kubitschek's Finance Minister, during which time scandals rocked the ministry, the value of the cruzeiro dropped 50%, retail prices soared 60% and the treasury debt to the Bank of Brazil tripled...
...NIGHT IN LISBON by Erich Maria Remarque. 244 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World...
With one sweeping decree on Aug. 6, 1960, Fidel Castro expropriated Cuban enterprises that were wholly or largely owned by U.S. citizens. On that very day, in the port of Santa Maria, a ship was being loaded with sugar that had been produced by one of the expropriated companies, Compania Azucarera de Vertientes-Camaguey de Cuba, otherwise known as C.A.V. That white cargo set off on a four-year cruise through the U.S. courts...
...assailants accouted V. Alexander Mead Jr, '65 and Richard T. Marin '65 and asked them for a match, six others than appeared and joined the first in attacking the students. Mead and Maria managed to escape just as Richard A. Corbett a second-year student in the Business School, approached the scene...
Actress Prentiss is an offbeat comedienne who sometimes spoils her flibbertigibbet appeal by straining for laughs that just aren't there. Maria Perschy, a German import who resembles Romy Schneider, plays Paula's roommate, which gives her a chance to carry messages back and forth and practice her English. The movie's chief support lies in a wagonload of outdoor gear supposedly borrowed from Abercrombie & Fitch. Of note to sportsmen is a pair of inflatable waders-step into a drop-off and the pants fill with air, quickly ballooning so big that they flip the occupant over...