Word: novas
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...None of them are Brazilian, and only one is a girl, but this foursome uses bossa nova, reggae, lounge and any teasing rhythm to create a dance track you might actually dance...
...scenery—shot in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island—is dazzling, though it stands out from the usual picturesque cinematography because of the giddy camera work. A feeling of disorientation is echoed throughout the movie, from the heaving plot to the erratic soundtrack that shifts between the general quiet of the film and the occasional blaring melody...
...communist government settled in, the young priest embarked on what would be a rapid rise through the still embattled church's hierarchy. By 1967 he was a Cardinal. Mixing aggressiveness with accommodation, Wojtyla managed to build a huge church for 100,000 Catholic citizens in the industrial city of Nova Huta and reach out to a wide cross section of workers, youths and intellectuals. Yet what turned a provincial prince into a rising church star was the churchwide reform of Vatican II. At the Second Vatican Council (1961-65), Wojtyla contributed to several key documents, most notably on the church...
There's an old urban legend about the Chevy Nova flopping in Latin America because the car's name, in Spanish, means "won't go." The lesson of this tall tale, know thine target, has revived relevance to a new generation of marketers, who, after years of simply translating their mainstream English-language advertising into Spanish, are now creating product lines for U.S. Hispanics. Among these: Hershey's Cajeta Elegancita candy bar. The Mexican term for caramel flavor made with goat's milk, "cajeta" is also a word for female genitalia in Argentine slang. This idiomatic tangle highlights...
Kathy L. Cerminara is an associate professor at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. She also co-authors a legal treatise, The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking...