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Word: nacion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...learned how to add and subtract and multiply." That apparently was enough. Today, at 65, Tjurs has gathered together Brazil's biggest hotel chain; among his six hotels are Rio's 220-room Excelsior Copacabana, Sao Paulo's 17-story Jaragua and the 420-room Nacionál in Brasilia. All of this grew from the time when, at age 40, he took the last $1,000 that he had salvaged from a bankrupt São Paulo saloon, invested it in a small hotel and with an intuitive taste for food and service, proved himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Arithmetic in Brasilia | 5/27/1966 | See Source »

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