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Word: mestrinho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1959-1959
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...Japanese have helped to carve out one of the world's biggest pepper plantations. At nearby Guama colony, they are working round the clock to supply Belém with food. Outside Manaus. others have turned cleared jungle into lush truck gardens. Amazonas Governor Gilberto Mestrinho says that the Japanese are exactly the kind of settlers the Amazon needs to build the future. "They don't cry for help every time they break an ax handle," he says. "They are not afraid to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RIUER SEN: Men and Medicine Move-ln on the Amazon | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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