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...think of Brazil without feeling certain rhythms. In the early 20th century, the country gave the world warmhearted samba and such performers as Carmen Miranda and Ary Barroso; in the 1950s and '60s it was soft-swaying bossa nova and Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim, Joao and Astrud Gilberto. Then, in the late 1960s and '70s, the Tropicalia movement marched in, armed with rock guitars and rebel lyrics and led by Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa...
...visit home to the village of El Cargadero, Enrique Saldivar Miranda, 49, who has a concrete-finishing business in Anaheim, Calif., marveled at the town's streets, newly paved thanks to a $100,000 investment by the migrants' club to which he belongs, matched 3 to 1 by the federal and state government. Eventually the club would like to create jobs to give people an alternative to leaving. But it is running out of time. Half the village's 300 homes are already empty...
...wide-eyed followers on Sibley's Central Park jaunt was Miranda Holman, 11, who has been birding since she was eight. When she shyly approached Sibley for an autograph, he asked her to name her favorite bird. "The scarlet tanager," she quickly replied, whereupon the artist sketched a Sibley original of the forest dweller on her notepad. Miranda has seen only one scarlet tanager in her life, but if bird watchers can get their conservation act together, she may see many more...
...Miranda S. Richmond...
...especially engaging, and brings to life the drama of the event. Every major case touched upon in high school U.S. history is at least mentioned, and sometimes lavishly described, up through the Warren Court. Marbury v. Madison, Gibbons v. Ogden, Plessy v. Ferguson, Korematsu v. United States and Miranda v. Arizona are revisited. Rehnquist explains his omission of more recent cases by stating that he chose not to discuss cases in which “any of [his] present colleagues have played a part.” A background in US history is helpful, especially since this section reads like...